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Provinces of Night
by William Gay
ISBN: 0385499272
ISBN-13: 9780385499279
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
E. E. Bloodworth returns to his Tennessee town after walking out on his wife and sons 20 years before. Not surprisingly, he is met with anger and resentment-by everyone except for his young grandson, Fleming, and a young woman named Raven Lee.
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"William Gay's second novel announces its ambition right away with this nod toward a poem by Wallace Stevens, and a homage to William Faulkner plays out through the rest of the book. Conjuring these two literary ancestors seems appropriate: Gay has both an exquisitely tuned ear and a finely balanced feeling for the mythic resonances to be found in Southern life. Yet PROVINCES OF NIGHT proceeds on its own deliberate, dignified path...." -- Maria Russo
-- Salon
"Mr. Gay's writing is earth-toned, pungent, deeply rooted in the remote corner of Tennessee where he sets his story....PROVINCES OF NIGHT also shows both a dark Southern naturalism worthy of Tennessee Williams and an impulse toward comic relief reminiscent of a sort of backwoods S. J. Perelman....[It] shows an author with a powerful vision and plenteous veins of material, but one who isn't always sure to what purposes these riches should be put." -- Richard Bernstein
-- New York Times
"...Gay's wordplay reads more easily as his plot picks up. the book's heart belongs to the romance between Fleming Bloodworth...and Raven Lee Halfacre....These two put to shame most clichéd young lovers in contemporary literature." -- Karen Valby
-- Entertainment Weekly
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Published date: 2001
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Pages: 293
Publisher's Notes
E. F. Bloodworth returns to his backwater Tennessee hometown after two decades of wandering to find his wife aged considerably and his three grown sons--Warren, Boyd, and Brady--consumed by rage.
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NY: Doubleday, 2000. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Gay on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. The image is of the actual book described and not a stock photo. ( more information) Offered by Revere Books, ABAA (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday Publishing, 2000. Fine unread copy protected by Archival Brodart cover. At signing, author tells how he sent his first manuscript in long hand. A great reader.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Kennedy Books (United States)
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New York: Doubleday. Hardcover. 0385499272 Author's second book. Black boards w/dark grey spine and gold lettering on spine; marbled ecru endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. 291 pp. DJ protected in Demco. Local author. Please inquire about our other William Gay signed first edition titles. . Fine. 2000. First Edition/First Printing. ( more information) Offered by Landmark Booksellers (United States)
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