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Published by University of South Carolina Press, 2019
ISBN 10: 1643360183ISBN 13: 9781643360188
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Published by University of South Carolina Press, 2019
ISBN 10: 1643360183ISBN 13: 9781643360188
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ISBN 10: 1643360183ISBN 13: 9781643360188
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1994
ISBN 10: 039567025XISBN 13: 9780395670255
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 039567025X . First edition of the author's first novel. 244 pages. Fine copy in Fine Dust Wrapper. .
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, U.S.A., 1994
ISBN 10: 039567025XISBN 13: 9780395670255
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Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover is in near-fine condition (spots on the top and bottom of the text block). Dust jacket is in near-fine condition (spots on the underneath side of the jacket and rubbed on the back cover). Brodart protected. 244 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Still puzzling over her father's abrupt decision to leave his wife, the stepmother she had grown to love, Meredith ponders the questions that blinded Thomas to his children's needs. Why did his mother abandon his father, and why did his own marriage fail? The return of the b lack handyman is Meredith's only hope for answers since he holds the full story of the family's past in his memory. Meredith begins to unravel the misunderstandings that led them all, long ago, to tragedy.
Published by University of South Carolina Press, 2019
ISBN 10: 1643360183ISBN 13: 9781643360188
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Published by University of South Carolina Press, 2019
ISBN 10: 1643360183ISBN 13: 9781643360188
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ISBN 10: 1643360183ISBN 13: 9781643360188
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Published by University of South Carolina Press, 2019
ISBN 10: 1643360183ISBN 13: 9781643360188
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ISBN 10: 1643360183ISBN 13: 9781643360188
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Published by University of South Carolina Press, 2019
ISBN 10: 1643360183ISBN 13: 9781643360188
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Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1994
ISBN 10: 039567025XISBN 13: 9780395670255
Seller: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
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1st edition/1st printing. Compelling first novel about race in New Orleans, fine copy of 1st hardback printing. Rare. 6 x 8-1/2, 244 pp, peach endpapers. As New unmarked in Fine unclipped jacket. Hardcover in brown boards w brown cloth spine, in brown illus jacket.
Published by University of South Carolina Press, 2019
ISBN 10: 1643360183ISBN 13: 9781643360188
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1994
ISBN 10: 039567025XISBN 13: 9780395670255
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. [10], 244, [2] pages. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads 10/5/94 To Mary Lea, With best wishes. John G. Brown. This mesmerizing story begins with the collapse of a bridge and its consequences for Thomas Eagan, a troubled young doctor whose unforeseen journey still haunts his daughter, Meredith, years later. Still puzzling over her father's abrupt decision to leave his wife, the stepmother she had grown to love, Meredith ponders the questions that blinded Thomas to his children's needs. Why did his mother, a proud black woman, abandon his devout Catholic father, and why did Thomas's own marriage fail? The elusive answers to these questions lie for Meredith in the fateful return of the black handyman who holds in his memory the full story of the family's past. Through his clear-eyed account and her stepmother's tender letters, Meredith begins to unravel the misunderstandings that led them all, long ago, to tragedy. In praise of Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, Lee Smith described this novel as "shot through with love that transcends time and race." It introduces a writer of rare sensibility and accomplishment. John Gregory Brown travels through this fertile Southern landscape with resonating grace, humor, and compassion, shedding light on the virtues and dangers of family loyalty and the power and limitations of faith. Told with an extraordinary gentleness, this story explores every nuance of living as black or white or as a mixture of the two. Graceful, sensitive, and intelligent in its study of a difficult subject. John Gregory Brown (July 31, 1960 - ) is an American novelist. He received his B.A. from Tulane University in 1982, and his M.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1988. He is Director of Creative Writing and the Julia Jackson Nichols Professor of English at Sweet Briar College, Virginia, where he lives with his wife, fellow novelist Carrie Brown. John Gregory Brown's luminous first novel takes on the enduring themes of great Southern fiction - family, race, and faith - in a heartbreaking tale of identity, devotion, and regret. At its rich emotional center is the Eagen family of New Orleans, Irish Catholics of "mixed blood" in a city where race defines destiny. Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery (1994), received broad critical acclaim. In the New York Times, Margo Jefferson praised the books "seductive rhythmic murmur" In The Los Angeles Times, Charles Solomon noted the writer's "great sensitivity.". Reviewing the book for the Chicago Tribune, Charles Larson called the book a "triumph.much of its magnificence is the result of the author's decision to create imaginative voices other than his own," concluding "John Gregory Brown is both the beneficiary of and a worthy successor to our finest Southern writers." The novel received both the 1994 Lillian Smith Book Award and the United Kingdom's 1996 Steinbeck Award, for the year's best novel by a writer under forty years of age. Derived from a Kirkus review: A likable, well-written first novel that convinces us of ``the sad, complicated workings of this world.'' It wears its sorrow heavily and tries to achieve a Faulknerian pitch with its dark tale of miscegenation. Meredith Egan, in her mid-30's, here recalls a painful time in her life when she was 12 and her father, Thomas, grabbed her and her twin brother, Lowell, and abandoned his current wife, Cathy. Leaving Cathy behind in New Orleans, Thomas heads for his father's old house in the country but must turn around when a bridge across Lake Pontchartrain collapses in front of them. Instead, he takes his children to live on the top floors of his office in the black section of New Orleans. Born of a light-skinned Negro mother and an Irish immigrant father, Thomas has never come to terms with his mixed blood. His medical practice serves mostly those who can't pay, and his manic behavior is his confused way of fulfilling his Christ complex. Interspersed among Meredith's memories are letters from Cathy, whom Thomas married two years after the twins' mother died in childbirth. Cathy knows family secrets that she thinks explain her ex-husband's peculiar behavior. And to further support her view, Brown includes a few monologues by Murphy, the old black man who Cathy always assumed was some kind of family servant but who in fact played a more crucial and tragic role in Egan family history. The burden of secrets seems to overwhelm the burden of race.
Published by University of South Carolina Press, 2019
ISBN 10: 1643360183ISBN 13: 9781643360188
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Published by University of South Carolina Press, 2019
ISBN 10: 1643360183ISBN 13: 9781643360188
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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