Tell Me a Riddle; A Collection

Olsen, Tillie

Published by J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1961

About this Item

Hardcover in Very Good condition in a good dust jacket, 8vo. Gray cloth with green publisher's logo on front, spine titles in green and white, top edge dyed brown, green end-papers. Light wear to spine ends, leaves lightly tanned, dust jacket chipped, worn, sunned and tanned with minor loss at spine ends, not price clipped ($3.50). First edition of author's first book. Bookseller accession no.: 20105. From an NPR review by Scott Turow (in 2006), "By now, I have read 'Tell Me a Riddle' so often that it is essentially memorized. The younger man who was there each preceding time I took up the story haunts every line. I read also with my abiding gratitude to Tillie, who was the first person to tell me what I most wanted to hear: that I had the stuff to be a writer. But the majesty of the work itself never fails to reach me. One critic aptly said that 'Tell Me a Riddle' will live as long as the American language. You must read it.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tell Me a Riddle; A Collection
• Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1961
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good