The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The Moon Marigolds

Paul Zindel

ISBN 10: 0060268298 / ISBN 13: 9780060268299

Published by Harper & Row, 1971

About this Item

As new condition. Appears unread. Warmly inscribed, dated and signed by Zindel on title page. Winner of the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for drama. Adapted into a 1972 film directed by Paul Newman and starring Joanne Woodward. Book s copyright page does not contain printing information although evidence suggests this is a 1990s printing of the original first edition. Dust jacket is unclipped and protected in an archival Brodart cover. Please see all pictures and message me with any questions. Customer satisfaction guaranteed. Will be shipped with care.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The Moon Marigolds
• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060268298
• ISBN 13: 9780060268299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Domestic drama depicting a mentally unbalanced woman's far-reaching effects on the lives of her two daughters

From the Publisher

Beatrice was a mother . . . and the embittered ringmaster of the circus Hunsdorfer featuring three generations of crazy ladies living under the sloppiest big top on earth. Nanny was no problem. She sat and stared and stayed silent as a venerable vegetable should. Ruth was half-mad and easily bought with an occasional cigarette. But how is the world would Beatrice control Tillie--keeper of rabbits, dreamer of atoms, true believer in life, hope, and the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds . . .

"Paul Zindel was written a masterful, pacesetting drama. It combines moments of pain, poignancy, beauty, and hope. It is the most compelling work of its kind since Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie."--Variety.

"The ultimate accolade must go to Paul Zindel for creating a psychologically perceptive ambiance. Shame hangs in the air of this house and palpably as poison gas. And yet, Zindel reminds us, strong, strange, beautiful flowers spring from such compost heaps. It is a troubling thought, one of the honest and intelligent values of this splendid and tormented play."--Time