Language: English
Published by Graywolf Press; Simon & Schuster, 1989
ISBN 10: 155597189X ISBN 13: 9781555971892
Seller: Rural Hours, La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Association copy (copies): A pair of gem-like novels by Brian Kiteley, one inscribed to Lucia Berlin, the other to Annie Dillard. Those are Still Life with Insects (Graywolf, a paperback original, 1989), and I Know Many Songs, But I Cannot Sing (hardcover, Simon & Schuster, 2002). Kiteley is described as "a master of the short form novel." He has received a Whiting Award, an NEA grant, and a Guggenheim. Insects (whose narrator is an entomologist) is near fine with a little fading to spine and dust soiling in spots on the lower face of the text block; I Know is fine in a fine jacket. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.