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East of The Mountains
by Guterson, David
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Very Good. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. A large bound typescript in black comb binding. A stain to the front cover. Stamped, "Bound 1st Proof For In-House Use Only" on the front cover. The story of the final hunting trip of a 73-year-old retired surgeon recently diagnosed with inoperable colon cancer. ; 279 pages .
Synopsis
It is mid-October, 1997, harvest time in the Columbia Basin of central Washington state, a rich apple- and pear-growing region. Ben Givens, recently widowed, is a retired heart surgeon, once admired for his steadiness of hand, his precision, his endurance. He has terminal colon cancer. While Ben does not readily accept defeat, he is determined to avoid suffering rather than engage it. And so, accompanied by his two hunting dogs, he sets out through the mythic American West-sage deserts, yawning canyons, dusty ranches, vast orchards-on his last hunt. The main issues for Ben as a doctor had been tactical and so it would be with his death. But he hadn't considered the persuasiveness of memory-the promise he made to his wife Rachel, the love of his life, during World War II. Or life's mystery. On his journey he meets a young couple who are "forever," a drifter offering left-handed advice that might lessen the pain, a veterinarian with a touch only a heart surgeon would recognize, a rancher bent on destruction, a migrant worker who tests Ben's ability to understand. And just when he thinks there is no turning back, nothing to lose that wasn't lost, his power of intervention is called upon and his very identity tested. Full of humanity, passion, and moral honesty, East of the Mountains is a bold and beautiful novel of personal discovery.
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- Bookseller
- Bungalow Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20822
- Title
- East of The Mountains
- Author
- Guterson, David
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Granta 20 Authors;
Terms of Sale
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Any item may be returned in original condition for any reason within a reasonable period and payment will be refunded.
About the Seller
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Pueblo, Colorado
About Bungalow Books, ABAA
We are a family owned bookstore, with an emphasis on crime fiction, and signed books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), and the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), and we exhibit regularly at book fairs.
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