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Reflections in a Golden Eye
by Carson McCullers
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
The Riverside Press. No dust jacket. Beautifully rebound with decorative paper and marbled endpapers. Rubbing to edges. Internally clean and unmarked.
Synopsis
A new trade paperback edition of McCullers' second novel, REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE, immortalized by the 1967 film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, and John Houston. Set on a Southern army base in the 1930s, REFLECTIONS tells the story of Captain Penderton, a bisexual whose life is upset by the arrival of Major Langdon, a charming womanizer who has an affair with Penderton's tempestuous and flirtatious wife, Leonora. Upon the novel's publication in 1941, reviewers were unsure of what to make of its relatively scandalous subject matter. But a critic for Time Magazine wrote, "In almost any hands, such material would yield a rank fruitcake of mere arty melodrama. But Carson McCullers tells her tale with simplicity, insight, and a rare gift of phrase." Written during a time when McCullers's own marriage to Reeves was on the brink of collapse, her second novel deals with her trademark themes of alienation and unfulfilled loves.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roxanna Nazari, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1084
- Title
- Reflections in a Golden Eye
- Author
- Carson McCullers
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Roxanna Nazari, Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Roxanna Nazari, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2022
Norwalk, Connecticut
About Roxanna Nazari, Bookseller
A former lawyer and life-long bibliophile and book collector, I am embarking on a new career as a bookseller. I am particularly interested in golden age detective fiction, but have eclectic tastes. I attended YABS in 2021.
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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