Oedipus on the Road by Henry Bauchau - 1994-10-01

Arcade Publishing, 1997. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

USA: Arcade Publishing, 1994. Arcade Publishing 1994 First Edition NL with 1 Fine/Very Good+ DJ Unread. Faint Pink pen mark on bottom page edges. Slight wear to bright glossy dust jacket.. First Edition NL with 1. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+ DJ.

U.S.A.: Arcade Publishing. A beautifully clean, crisp, hardcover copy in fine condition. Near fine DJ. . Fine. Hardcover. 1997.

Arcade Publishing, July 1997. Hardcover. Used - very good.

New York: Arcade Publishing 1994 Hardcover. 1559703822 . First US edition. 240 pages. Near Fine with a trace of edge wear in like Near Fine dust jacket. bx 162

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arcade Publishing, Inc., 1997. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Translated from the French by Anne-Marie Glasheen. Fine, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L114

New York: Arcade, 1994. Translated from the French by Anne-Marie Glasheen; 240pp.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

NY: Arcade. 1997. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arcade Publishing, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Dust jacket protected by removable Brodart cover..

United States, Arcade Publishing, 1997. 1997. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 240pp. very good+ / very good+ d/w. Okay, you know the drill: In Sophocles's Oedipus the King, Oedipus unwittingly kills his father, marries his mother, then stabs his eyes out years later when the truth of his actions is revealed. Years later, the blind and beggared king washes up on the outskirts of Athens, where Sophocles resumes the tale in Oedipus at Colonus. But what happened in between? Although the early Greeks never satisfactorily answered that question, Belgian writer Henry Bauchau does in his daring novel Oedipus on the Road. In Bauchau's version, Oedipus's life on the road teaches him a new humility and appreciation for the kindness of strangers. Through the love of his daughter, Antigone, and the people he meets along the road, he learns to forgive himself. By turning his back on the power he once had as king of Thebes and instead embracing the compassion he learns along his journey, Oedipus becomes noble… Read More