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Chimera
by Barth John
- Used
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Tall, narrow uncorrected proof in teal wraps. Publication date and price penned to front cover ($6.95, Sept.) and BOM (presumable Book of the Month club) written on bottom corner. Faint sunning, slight bump to one corner generally bright and unmarked. Barth's meta-fictional send up of mythology and storytelling won the National Book Award. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 041123.
Synopsis
John Simmons Barth (born May 27, 1930) is an American novelist and short-story writer. His novel, Chimera , was the recipient of the National Book Award in 1973. The novel is a fabulous post-modern retelling of three famous myths. The first, the Dunyazadiad is a retelling of the story of Scheherazade, the famed storyteller of the One Thousand and One Nights. The second novella entitled Perseid, follows the forty-year old Greek hero Perseus in his struggle to obtain immortality. The third and final novella, Bellerophoniad, chronicles the story of Bellerophon, another ancient Greek hero. These stories are told with an interesting and varying perspective, examining the myths’ relationships and how they conform to reality.
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Details
- Seller
- Pazzo Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 041123
- Title
- Chimera
- Author
- Barth John
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Fiction; NOISBN
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of shipment - full refund less shipping. If we have made a mistake, we will pay shipping both ways. Institutions billed according to their requirements.
About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
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- Uncorrected Proof
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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