Shadows and Wolves (A Fine First Edition)

William Herrick

ISBN 10: 0811207587 / ISBN 13: 9780811207584

Published by New Direction, 1980

About this Item

New York: New Direction (1980). First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A clean, tight copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop. Defect-free. 0.0.

Seller Inventory # LW-833

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shadows and Wolves (A Fine First Edition)
• Publisher: New Direction
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811207587
• ISBN 13: 9780811207584
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

Starting from two poignant and prophetic lines by the martyred Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca, “Look at his spent body / blackened with shadows and wolves,” William Herrick’s novel evokes a contemporary Spain where the fraternal clash of loyalists and fascists has given way to the conflict between conservatives and revolutionaries––fathers and sons. In portraits of the punctilious General Luis Alfara Fernandez, who never questioned the wishes of his General, and his terrorist son Rodolfo, who always questioned his father’s arbitrary authority, Herrick’s narrative is as stark and mercilessly lighted as the Andalucian landscape.

From the Back Cover

Starting from two poignant and prophetic lines by the martyred Spanish poet, Federico Garcia Lorca, 'Look at his spent body/ blackened with shadows and wolves, ' William Herrick's novel evoked a contemporary Spain where the fraternal clash of loyalists and fascists has given way to the revolutionaries--fathers and sons.