Crucial Conversations
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1975
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Arches Bookhouse
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Condition: Used - Fine
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SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author on title 'For Ralph and Stathis.' Stathis Orphanos was a photographer noted for his portraits of writers, including May Sarton. He and his partner, Ralph Sylvester also operated the Los Angeles fine-press publishing company 'Sylvester & Orphanos.' First Printing. 156pp. Black cloth-effect paper over board backed in heathered cloth orange and black-stamped spine lettering, orange endpapers, orange topstain. An exceedingly clean and crisp copy. Dust jacket has some minor shelf wear to rear cover, otherwise sharp. Now in mylar.
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- Title
- Crucial Conversations
- Author
- Sarton, May [Stathis Orphanos and Ralph Sylvester Association]
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication year
- 1975
- Condition
- FINE
- Dust jacket
- NEAR FINE
- Signed
- Signed By Author
- Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393087255
- ISBN 13
- 9780393087253
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 13 ounces
- Seller catalogs
- Literature
"May Sarton's provocative novel is about a wife who has outgrown her husband, and after twenty-seven years of marriage decides that she has had enough. . . . she is altogether believable." â The Atlantic
Reed and Poppy Whitelaw's conventional and apparently serene life together is shattered when Poppy tells Reed that she has decided to leave him. In a series of encounters that follow the shock of this news, which affects not only Reed but also their children and friendsâ in particular Philip, who must learn why he is so invested in their marriageâ Reed and Poppy struggle to make sense of their lives in this alien new terrain."Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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