Martin Dressler (signed)

Millhauser, Steven

ISBN 10: 051770319X / ISBN 13: 9780517703199

Published by Crown, New York, 1996

About this Item

Book is unread, square straight spine, tight hinges, square corners, tight page block, author signed on title page (signature only), first edition stated, full numberline 10-1, no marks or writing. No dustjacket Book shipped well packed in a box and USPS tracking number supplied upon shipment.

Seller Inventory # 002940

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Martin Dressler (signed)
• Publisher: Crown, New York
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 051770319X
• ISBN 13: 9780517703199
• Binding: Printer Wrapper
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author on Title Page
• Seller catalogs:
  • ABE

About this title

Synopsis

Young Martin Dressler begins his career as an industrious helper in his father's cigar store.  In the course of his restless young manhood, he makes a swift and eventful rise to the top, accompanied  by two sisters--one a dreamlike shadow, the other a worldly business partner. As the eponymous Martin's vision becomes bolder and bolder he walks a haunted line between fantasy and reality, madness and ambition, art and industry, a  sense of doom builds piece-by-hypnotic piece until this mesmerizing journey into the heart of an American dreamer reaches its bitter-sweet conclusion.

About the Author

Steven Millhauser lives in Saratoga Springs, New York and teaches at Skidmore College.  His first novel, Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright, which has been out of print since 1990, is now available in trade paperback from Vintage Contemporaries, to coincide with the publication of Martin Dressler.