This Quiet Dust and Other Writings
by Styron, William
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"...In this, his first book of nonfiction, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Styron enlarges on many of the themes he has dealt with in his fiction. The result is a stimulating exploration -- a potpourri of reminiscences, reviews and reflective essays.
On the literary side, there are brilliant portraits of people he's known, from Robert Penn Warren to Peter Matthiessen and William Blackburn; and there are moving eulogies for William Faulkner, Philip Rahv, James Jones and Bennett Cerf, as well as appreciations of Thomas Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Malcolm Cowley.
In a complex and thoughtful section on prisons and prisoners, Styron looks back on his role in saving a prisoner named Ben Reid from execution.
And finally, in the longest and most autobiographical part of the book, Styron reminisces about his youthful days at boarding school, the founding of the Paris Review and the creation of his novels..."
Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. . ISBN: 0-394-50934-X. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition, First Printing. WILLIAM STYRON THIS QUIET DUST AND OTHER WRITINGS FIRST EDITION ARTICLES ESSAYS MEMOIRS REVIEWS AUTOBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHY AMERICAN AUTHORS LITERATURE LITERARY CRITICISM. Catalogs: NonFiction, SIGNED, Literature & Fiction, U.S.A..
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- Title
- This Quiet Dust and Other Writings
- Author
- Styron, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039450934X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394509341
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nonfiction; Signed; Literature & Fiction, U S A;
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