Maiden
by Buchanan, Cynthia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dj
- ISBN 10
- 044035174X
- ISBN 13
- 9780440351740
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Co.. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 044035174X . [nice tight clean copy, mild shelfwear; jacket slightly dog-eared at top of spine, otherwise clean with faint surface wear, short diagonal crease at bottom of front flap]. The author's first (and possibly only) novel, "the story of an innocent, a monstrous romantic, an anachronism of a heroine up against the metaphor of Southern California. Fortune Dundy is a free spirit among fools. What happens to her in this book is relentless, urgent, and above all, funny -- but behind the comedy lurks the absurdity of life." (Well, doesn't it always?) The book was well-reviewed upon its initial publication (the movie rights were reportedly sold to Columbia Pictures, and it was optioned at one point by Lily Tomlin, although no movie ever resulted); reprinted in 1999, it was called "a penetrating and original commentary on the deadly life of the American dream." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- ReadInk (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10497
- Title
- Maiden
- Author
- Buchanan, Cynthia
- Illustrator
- (dj) Marcia McGinniss Shortt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dj
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 044035174X
- ISBN 13
- 9780440351740
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- 044035174X, Los Angeles, First Novel, Southern California, Virginity
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