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Synopsis
A photograph of three young men walking along a road in Germany just before World War I imspires one man to attempt to penetrate the photograph's mystery through research and prompts another man to a personal quest
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Review
Praise for Richard Powers: 'If Powers were an American writer of the nineteenth century... he'd probably be the Herman Melville of Moby-Dick. His picture is that big.' Margaret Atwood, New York Review of Books 'Nothing less than brilliant' John Updike 'A writer of blistering intellect... [Powers is] a novelist of ideas and a novelist of witness, and in both respects, he has few American peers.' Los Angeles Times 'There is no contemporary American writer quite like Richard Powers...It is rare to find a novel as intellectually and emotionally engaging as this.' Guardian 'A wonderful song of triumph...In the American literary world, Richard Powers' name is spoken of in the same breath as Don Delillo and Jonathan Franzen...The Time of Our Singing is a resounding affirmation of how much the modern novel can contain.' Glasgow Herald 'One of the few younger American writers who can stake a claim to the legacy of Pynchon, Gaddis, and DeLillo.' * The Nation *
Book Description
The backlist of Richard Powers, one of America's most important novelists, moves to Atlantic Books.
On the eve of World War One, three young men are captured by photographer August Sander. Looking at the camera, dressed in suits against a background of an empty field, they become an iconic image. But what happens to these men after the shutter falls and how is the story of an enduring image influenced by forgotten histories? A novel of obsession in the age of technology.
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- PublisherWilliam Morrow & Co
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0688042015
- ISBN 13 9780688042011
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
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Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Three Farmers On Their Way To A Dance
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Beech Tree Books, New York, 1985
ISBN 10: 0688042015
ISBN 13: 9780688042011
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Seller: Ira Joel Haber - Cinemage Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
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Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. 2nd Printing. Powers well received and somewhat uncommon book in hardcover about three stepbrothers, that was inspried by the beautiful photograph by the great photographer August Sander. The photograph is reproduced on the verso of the half title pg. There is a very faint hardly noticeable stain (if I didn't mention it one would be hard put to see it) on the very bottom of the front edge which has caused some very faint and again hardly noticeable rippling to some of the corners of the last pages, not affecting the text at all. There is also a spot of soiling to the top edge. The dustjacket has a touch of shallow chipping to the top and bottom of the spine panel and some like wear to the edges. This is a vg. copy in a vg. dustjacket with all the defects mentioned, and a very reasonable priced copy of an early printing of the book. Book. Seller Inventory # 010799
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Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Condition: Very Good; Hardcover in dustjacket. Second Printing. Condition is Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Book has clean covers along with a tight, square binding. Jacket clean and bright with some toning along edges. Photos upon request. Seller Inventory # 1469000
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Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, first printing . Quarter bound in publisher's purple cloth with grey paper covered sides, silver lettering to the spine. Very good with light handling on the boards. Overopened at the title page. In a very good unclipped dust jacket showing some light handling. Review copy with publisher letter laid in. 8vo. Pp. [8] 9-352. Seller Inventory # SPIROpowTF
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Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a skew to the binding, moderate bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, mild sunning to the head, a hint of foxing to the back cover, and faint soiling to the edges of the text block. Overall, this is a solid, tight, Very Good copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has bumps with creasing and small peels to the spine ends and corners, light sunning to the spine and edges, rubbing with small smudges to the covers, and a couple short tears to the edges. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar. Seller Inventory # 208651
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Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
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ISBN 10: 0688042015
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Seller: Studio Books, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First edition. Purple cloth over gray boards, octavo. Frontis photo by August Sander. Embossed stamped name of previous owner of bottom of title page, otherwise fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a mylar protector. Author's first book. Seller Inventory # 092149
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Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
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[0-688-04201-5] 1985, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 352pp. 8vo. First US edition. A picture is worth a thousand words; this novel begins with August Sanders' 1914 photograph of 'Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance. Three narratives are chronicled and explore, among other things, the impact of tecnological advancements, their corelation to widespread death in World War I and their connection to art in the from of photography. The author's debut novel and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award (1985). Jacket in loose, protective mylar. Fine / fine copy. Seller Inventory # 128980
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Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. SIGNED by the author on an inscribed (For Richard) card laid in. There's a bit of separation between the front hinge and the front endpapers, otherwise very good in a near fine dustjacket. Not priceclipped. There's a notation, apparently by the original owner, on the front free endpaper (Paid Princeton NJ Nov 1985). Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 012627
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Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
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ISBN 10: 0688042015
ISBN 13: 9780688042011
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Scare first edition of influential powers work in fine DJ, book same. Seller Inventory # ABE-1746735996760
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Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
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ISBN 10: 0688042015
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Seller: Conover Books, Martinsville, VA, U.S.A.
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Gray Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition / First Printing. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, very light chipping to the base of the dj, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, red remainder mark on the outer page edges, some light outer page edge foxing, gently shelf worn, overall a very crisp and clean first edition (stated)! Quarter burgundy cloth with silver lettering and gray boards. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! Very very rare and hard-to-find! Author's highly praised first novel! 352 unmarked and uncreased historical pages! Black and white photograph on the front of the dj is on the frontis as well. "On May 1, 1914, the renowned photographer August Sander (one of the first to train his camera on the face of ordinary humanity) took a photograph of three young men on their way toa country dance, opening a portal between that moment and the future. This photograph has provided the impetus for Richard Powers's haunting and accomplished novel and plays central but varying roles in the three interrelated stories of which it is composed. The three farmers, stepbrothers Hubert, Peter, and Adolphe, are captured on film in their ---- and the century's ---- last moments of innocence on the brink of World War I. As the novel chronicles their way through the century's calamities, two contemporary stories unfold." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 032647
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