A Patchwork Planet

Anne Tyler

Published by NYC: Knopf, 1998

About this Item

Offering: Anne Tyler. A Patchwork Planet. NYC: Knopf, 1998. First American edition, near fine in like jacket and signed by Tyler on the title page. Anne Tyler is one of America s most quietly profound literary voices, known for her compassionate portrayals of ordinary people navigating life s tangled domestic terrain. A Pulitzer Prize winner (Breathing Lessons, 1989) and National Book Award finalist, Tyler has spent over five decades chronicling flawed, often eccentric characters with a warm, deceptively simple prose style. Her novels are rooted in Baltimore but speak universally to themes of family, resilience, disappointment, and the passage of time. In the American literary canon, Tyler stands as a modern realist in the tradition of Eudora Welty and William Maxwell a master of the subtle, bittersweet novel. A Patchwork Planet follows Barnaby Gaitlin, a 30-year-old black sheep from a wealthy Baltimore family, who works for a nonprofit helping elderly clients with odd jobs. Haunted by teenage misdeeds and adrift in a life of underachievement, Barnaby stumbles into an unexpected romance and a quiet reckoning with his own sense of worth. As always, Anne Tyler brings humor, empathy, and grace to the story of a man trying to stitch together meaning from the fragmented fabric of his past. It s a tender meditation on second chances, personal redemption, and the quiet heroism of simply showing up. A signed copy from one of America s finest about a guy trying to stitch his life together without making too much noise.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Patchwork Planet
• Publisher: NYC: Knopf
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Weight: 1 pound
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)