Engel Monroe (101 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Standard-sized.

Condition: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. First Ed, so stated. First Edition, so stated. Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; price intact; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 215pp. Deckle Fore-edge. Hardback with DJ. Intelligent, thoughtful and lucidly expressed, Engle's new novel portrays a man trying to come to terms with a void in his life. After selling his small chain of bookstores around Boston, Ben Morrison looks forward to a promised administrative position at a fledgling community college, with the possibility of a teaching job, too. But he has a strong feeling that his good fortune hasn't been earned, that catastrophe is waiting to strike, and he experiences a disquieting lack of direction as each day dawns. Ben feels distanced from his familyhis wife Lucky seems self-absorbed; his sons live far from home; his daughter Sarah, a lawyer, is having difficulty in her relationship with her lover Carl, a former activist with an uncertain future. In addition, Lucky's mother Faith, whose spirit Ben has long admired and whose insights he has relied upon, is dying. When Carl's past appears to imperil his application for a government-funded grant, Ben attempts to intervene and, in the process of untangling some consequences of Carl's actions, uncovers the roots of his own hopes and convictions. As Lucky plans her mother's 85th birthday celebration, Sarah announces she is pregnant, and Faith's condition worsens. Engel, head of Harvard's writing program and author of Fish and Voyager Belsky, conveys the subtle shifts of his characters' emotional equilibrium with respect and attention. Their conversation, in particular, is luminous, as carefully wrought and revealing as discourse in the novels of Henry James.…

Trade paperback. Condition: Fine. Phoenix Fiction ed. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 217 p. Phoenix Fiction Series. Audience: General/trade.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. May have underlining, highlighting, margin notes, remainder marks, inscriptions, book plates, tears, significant wear, and/or a missing dust jacket, box, or discs. Damaged item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Knopf, NYC., 1988. First Edition, First Printing. FINE- hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. Previous owner's name rubber-stamped atop the front free end paper. NOT remainder marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 215 p. ; 22 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Stated First Edition. New York: Atheneum, 1981. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean red boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover, clean brown cloth spine with unchipped metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wera. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean. Small previous owner name and year neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper; no other marks. 217 pgs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, very short closed edge tear at top rear panel edge near spine, slight edge wear at top edge of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A novel set in Cambridge, Boston and the New England coast. 8vo. Fiction.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Acceptable hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Some corner creasing. Some blemishing/staining on page edges. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and some minor staining. Staining and fraying on spine. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day. …

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft Cover. Condition: good. 1st ptg. thus. CD30 mass market paperback; 350pp; color il on front cover; slight twist to spine; darkening to cover & pp. M. Glaser, cover il (illustrator). Paperback.

Paperback. Condition: New. Main.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 217pp. Tight clean copy in colorful dustwrapper.

Hardcover. dj. 1st. Fine condition / Fine condition dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dust jacket covered in protective mylar sleeve.

Paperback. first PB. G-410, very good , esoteric novel, paperback.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- From first love to last mistress---the story of a man who aimed to please. . .

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Softcover Wraps. First Softcover Edition. Softcover book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 361 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear and crisp pages. Pen markings throughout book. A perfectly acceptable reading copy. Milton Avery (Cover Painting); Katy Homans (Cover Design) (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. shelf wear. bumped edges. Hardcover.

Paperback. first PB. G-410, very good -fine, , reading crease esoteric novel, paperback.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. "The life of a literary work depends on readers whose existence it confirms or (the valuable possibility) augments," writes Monroe Engel. The essays collected here concern the related thesis that "the vitality of the literary enterprise is related to its usability, its capacity to strengthen or alter our options." The first group of essays is theoretical-discussion of habit, originality, religious perspectives, and self-evaluation. The second group approaches specific issues and authors within the American context. The collection concludes with five essays on teaching literature to students whose previous literary exposure has been limited.…