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Hardback. Condition: Fair. After a life of misdemeanors, Lee had hoped that death would bring an end to things; instead, he awakens into a very bad place full of cold weather, strange tortures, and some of history s most hapless people. His one consolation An opportunity to chase down his beloved wife who had preceded him in death a few years before he had contrived his own.Equipped with his walking cane, a book of matches, a pair of pretty good shoes, and a tourist brochure, he makes slow progress through a landscape that bears an uncanny resemblance to the America that he thought he had left behind.Perdue has been compared to writers from Faulkner to Beckett, and in Fields of Asphodel we are reintroduced to one of our true literary talents and to Leland Pefley, a truly powerful fictional creation.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. After a life of misdemeanors, Lee had hoped that death would bring an end to things; instead, he awakens into a very bad place full of cold weather, strange tortures, and some of history s most hapless people. His one consolation An opportunity to chase down his beloved wife who had preceded him in death a few years before he had contrived his own.Equipped with his walking cane, a book of matches, a pair of pretty good shoes, and a tourist brochure, he makes slow progress through a landscape that bears an uncanny resemblance to the America that he thought he had left behind.Perdue has been compared to writers from Faulkner to Beckett, and in Fields of Asphodel we are reintroduced to one of our true literary talents and to Leland Pefley, a truly powerful fictional creation.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. After a life of misdemeanors, Lee had hoped that death would bring an end to things; instead, he awakens into a very bad place full of cold weather, strange tortures, and some of history s most hapless people. His one consolation An opportunity to chase down his beloved wife who had preceded him in death a few years before he had contrived his own.Equipped with his walking cane, a book of matches, a pair of pretty good shoes, and a tourist brochure, he makes slow progress through a landscape that bears an uncanny resemblance to the America that he thought he had left behind.Perdue has been compared to writers from Faulkner to Beckett, and in Fields of Asphodel we are reintroduced to one of our true literary talents and to Leland Pefley, a truly powerful fictional creation.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. After a life of misdemeanors, Lee had hoped that death would bring an end to things; instead, he awakens into a very bad place full of cold weather, strange tortures, and some of history s most hapless people. His one consolation An opportunity to chase down his beloved wife who had preceded him in death a few years before he had contrived his own.Equipped with his walking cane, a book of matches, a pair of pretty good shoes, and a tourist brochure, he makes slow progress through a landscape that bears an uncanny resemblance to the America that he thought he had left behind.Perdue has been compared to writers from Faulkner to Beckett, and in Fields of Asphodel we are reintroduced to one of our true literary talents and to Leland Pefley, a truly powerful fictional creation.…

Condition: Good. PLEASE NOTE: FORMER LIBRARY BOOK. IT MAY HAVE IDENTIFYING STAMPS, MARKS, STICKERS, ETC. Former Library book. paperback 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. ?Asphodel, That Greeny Flower,? first published when William Carlos Williams was seventy-two, forms the heart of this new selection of his love poems. Robert Lowell praised ?Asphodel? for delivering ?to us what was impossible, something that was poetry and beyond poetry.? Lyrical and moving, elegant and supple, it is charged with sheer musical pleasure. In addition to ?Asphodel,? eleven other important love poems have been chosen from the whole range of Williams? writing life??a life whose history of love is reviewed by Herbert Leibowitz in his incisive introduction. Leibowitz, editor of Parnassus: Poetry in Review magazine and author of forthcoming critical biography of William Carlos Williams, considers ?Asphodel? in the context of Williams? singularly non-traditional love poetry, and distinguishes it as his ?most eloquent and unorthodox love poem, a quest for ?abiding love? in the gathering shadows of death.. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine in like dustjacket.

Paperback. Condition: Good. ?Asphodel, That Greeny Flower,? first published when William Carlos Williams was seventy-two, forms the heart of this new selection of his love poems. Robert Lowell praised ?Asphodel? for delivering ?to us what was impossible, something that was poetry and beyond poetry.? Lyrical and moving, elegant and supple, it is charged with sheer musical pleasure. In addition to ?Asphodel,? eleven other important love poems have been chosen from the whole range of Williams? writing life??a life whose history of love is reviewed by Herbert Leibowitz in his incisive introduction. Leibowitz, editor of Parnassus: Poetry in Review magazine and author of forthcoming critical biography of William Carlos Williams, considers ?Asphodel? in the context of Williams? singularly non-traditional love poetry, and distinguishes it as his ?most eloquent and unorthodox love poem, a quest for ?abiding love? in the gathering shadows of death.. …

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Crisp, unread, unmarked copy. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text is unmarked. The dust jacket shows one corner crease, in a mylar cover. 163pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Stapled into stiff printed wraps. Contains poem by Paul Metcalf.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Stapled into stiff printed red wraps. Contains poem by H.L. Mencken.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In this lush reimagining of Greek mythology, the daughter of Hades and Persephone defies the gods of the underworld to forge her own life amid war, curses, and unexpected romance.For Asphodel, the free-spirited daughter of Hades and Persephone, being cursed to never fall in love with a god is a blessing.Determined not to be trapped in a union like her mother, Del spends her life blissfully on the Isle of Flowers, far from her family in the underworld. But when Dels parents ordain her marriage to Thanatos, the god of death, the freedom shes long since guarded is at risk of being stolen for eternity. So Del takes fate into her own hands: She kidnaps her groom-to-be and traps him on her Isle.But defying the gods comes with a price. Without Thanatos to send mortals off to peaceful rest in the underworld, death will devolve into brutality and violence. The realms will be consumed by chaos. With time running out and her freedom on the line, Del must restore the balance she upendedeven as she finds herself irrevocably drawn to the ever-charming and bashful Thanatos, who offers another way of saving the worlds by breaking her curse. Only then can Del choose to marry him.(c) 2026 by Callie Rowland, all rights reserved. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: New. In this lush reimagining of Greek mythology, the daughter of Hades and Persephone defies the gods of the underworld to forge her own life amid war, curses, and unexpected romance.For Asphodel, the free-spirited daughter of Hades and Persephone, being cursed to never fall in love with a god is a blessing.Determined not to be trapped in a union like her mother, Del spends her life blissfully on the Isle of Flowers, far from her family in the underworld. But when Del's parents ordain her marriage to Thanatos, the god of death, the freedom she's long since guarded is at risk of being stolen for eternity. So Del takes fate into her own hands: She kidnaps her groom-to-be and traps him on her Isle.But defying the gods comes with a price. Without Thanatos to send mortals off to peaceful rest in the underworld, death will devolve into brutality and violence. The realms will be consumed by chaos. With time running out and her freedom on the line, Del must restore the balance she upended-even as she finds herself irrevocably drawn to the ever-charming and bashful Thanatos, who offers another way of saving the worlds by breaking her curse. Only then can Del choose to marry him.© 2026 by Callie Rowland, all rights reserved.…