Short stories and a radio play accompany a novel about an isolated American family living on an island off the coast of Spain
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Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Very Good. University of California Press December 1988 Scuffing to wraps. Scuffing to spine with chip at base. Old pricing information in pencil on front fly leaf, otherwise clean inside. Tight binding. Seller Inventory # 174118
Seller: Taos Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Like New. First Edition. 1st print paperback (full # line), NO age toning, no creases no slant, tight clean unmarked, Very Good Plus or Near Fine, fiction from the late American poet. Seller Inventory # 38144
Seller: Ann Open Book, Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 187627
Seller: Remarks Used Books, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. First paperback printing. Bright & tight copy, gently used, in Near Fine condition. "Early in his career, Robert Creeley believed that his greatest contribution to literature would be in prose. Although he has since established himself as one of the most influential poets of the twentieth century, his remarkable body of prose work--instilled with a deep understanding of language and narrative form--remains an essential part of his oeuvre. In addition to his first book of short stories THE GOLD DIGGERS, a novel THE ISLAND, a radio play LISTEN, and MABEL: A STORY, this omnibus edition includes two previously uncollected stories." [publisher copy] "Although best known as a poet, Robert Creeley has been a writer of significant prose fiction throughout his career. He inherits the minimalist style of Beckett and the ethical concerns of Flaubert and Stendhal. Creeley's stories provide a contemporary example of the same impulse toward the American 'power of blackness' one associates with Melville, Hawthorne, and Dickinson, and his works are--along with those like Kerouac's On the Road or some of Mailer's early novels--the best record of the 1950s that we have. Creeley reports on the psychological condition of an era from within an individual rather than from historical particulars."--Michael Davidson, U.C. San Diego. Light green & barely read paperback w/sharp edges, no tears, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine & slight shelfwear. Seller Inventory # RUB2689
Seller: GridFreed, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Seller Inventory # 100-12616
Seller: Test Centre Books, Norwich, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. Originally published in 1984; this paperback edition (of which this is the 1st printing) incorporates corrections made by the author. 8vo. Wrappers. 432pp. Somewhat rubbed, and slightly spotted and marked outwardly, the wrappers with areas of fading, but sound enough. This copy has been signed by Creeley ('Bob') and inscribed to Tom and Val (Raworth) in the year of publication. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 009033
Seller: The Book Spot, Sioux Falls, MN, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # Abebooks99108