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Lewis, Wyndham
by Self Condemned
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0876855761
- ISBN 13
- 9780876855768
- Seller
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About This Item
Santa Barbara. 1983. Black Sparrow Press. 1st American Edition. 1 of 500 cloth trade copies. Very Good in Wrappers. 0876855761. Afterword by Rowland Smith. 439 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Self Condemned, originally published in 1954, tells the story of Professor Rene Harding and his wife, Essie, as they find themselves in Momaco, a fictionalized version of Toronto, following Rene's resignation as an academic in London, England. Reduced to a position at the second-rate University of Momaco, Rene and Essie suffer through a bleak and oppressive isolation in a dreary and alien city. The novel, a devastating, disturbing satire of life in wartime Canada, explores the difficulty individuals face as they struggle to adapt to new surroundings while preserving their sense of wholeness, as well as the bond that develops between people during a shared experience of isolation. inventory #41721 ISBN: 0876855761.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Zeno's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41721
- Title
- Lewis, Wyndham
- Author
- Self Condemned
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0876855761
- ISBN 13
- 9780876855768
- Publisher
- Gingko Pr Inc
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- This edition first published
- 1983
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