Machine Dreams
by Jayne Anne Phillips
ISBN: 0671742353
ISBN-13: 9780671742355
Format: Paperback
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Summary
This chronicle of an ordinary middle-class family from the Depression to the Vietnam War-in which a beloved son is lost-is told from the points of view of a shifting collection of family members. When it was published in 1984, Phillips's novel was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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"This wonderful young writer has penetrated the definitive experience of her generation." -- Nadine Gordimer
"A beautifully patterned novel that possesses the density of the highly ambitious work of art...The book will doubtless come to be seen as both a remarkable novelistic debut and an enduring literary achievement." -- Michiko Kakutani
-- New York Times
"'Machine Dreams', in its wisdom and its compassionate, utterly unsentimental rendering of the American condition, will rank as one of the great books of this decade." -- Robert Stone
"No number of books read or films seen can deaden one to the intimate act of art by which this wonderful young writer has penetrated the definitive experience of her generation." -- Nadine Gordimer
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published date: 1992
Size: 5.25 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.9 pounds
Pages: 376
Publisher's Notes
A succession of voices, each evoking a broad spectrum of experiences, emotions, relationships, and historical eras, captures the inexorable movement of one American family toward dissolution amid the turmoil of the Vietnam controversy. Reprint. NYT.
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Machine Dreams
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Pocket. Trade PaperBack. 0671742353 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. 1992 Pocket Trade PaperBack . Very Good. 1992. ( more information) Offered by Seashellbooks.com, Inc. (United States)
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Pocket, 1992-01-01. Paperback. Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks) , in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under ( more information) Offered by BEST BARGAIN BOOKS WHOLESALER, INC. (United States)
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MACHINE DREAMS
Jayne Anne Phillip
Pocket. Used - Acceptable. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 1992. Paperback. Acceptable condition reading copy showing definate wear. All pages plus cover present. Cover has substantial wear on edges. Cover/spine has minor creases and/or small tears. Some rubbing on cover. Price or other sticker on cover. ( more information) Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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Pocket. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Pocket. PAPERBACK. 0671742353 Thank you for looking at Bookscorner1. no sale is ever final.100% satisfaction guaranteed may have a remaider mark . New. ( more information) Offered by bookscorner1 (United States)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket. Trade Paperback. 0671742353 near Fine ...Experience, Quality, Value.... . 1992. First Edition. ( more information) Offered by Robinson Street Books (United States)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Washington Square Press, 1992 USED - Standard. Book has only minor reading wear; binding is square and tight; covers have light edgewear and rubbing; text is clean and unmarked. BOOKSMART offers free domestic shipping (media mail) on orders of three or more books. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Booksmart (United States)
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NY, USA: Washington Square Press, 1984 First Thus. Trade Paperback/Paper Wraps. Very Good, Cover Creased. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Everybody's Bookstore (United States)
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New York: Washington Square Press; Pocket Books, 1992 xvi, 373 pp.; 21 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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Machine Dreams
Phillips, Jayne Anne
Washington Square Press, 1991. 373 pages.. First Washington Square Pr. Trade Pb Ptg. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Virtuous Volumes et al. (United States)
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Very Good; 1991. Almost like new condition. Very lightly handled. Unmarked. ; Softcover; Washington Square Press/Pocket Books; New York; First Printing; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 373 pages; , ( more information) Offered by tuckerstomes (United States)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Washington Square Pr, 1992, 1992. Paperback. VG. 373pp. Extremities lightly rubbed & soiled; sticker remnants on front cover.. Paperback. VG. ( more information) Offered by Priceless Books (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1992. "A beautifully patterned novel... an enduring literary achievement... astonishing... " - The New York Times. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by The Book Faire (United States)
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Pocket Books 1991. Near Fine Trade Paperback. Slight creasing of wraps - else Fine. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. A heartfelt and stunning chronicle of one ordinary family in small-town America, from Depression days to the Vietnam War. ( more information) Offered by THE ELEPHANT'S FOOT BOOKS (United States)
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New York: Washington Square Press, 1991. Trade PB. Very Good. VG. ( more information) Offered by About Books Inc. (United States)
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