The Adventures of Augie March
BELLOW, Saul
From Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 December 2006
From Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 December 2006
About this Item
536 p. 22 cm. Black and grey cloth with orange decoration and lettering. In mylar-covered dustjacket designed by Robert Hallock. Jacket has author photo on rear. Rear flap has ad for the short novels of John Steinbeck. No reviews. Top edge orange. Moderate wear to jacket spine ends, a little faint soiling to rear panel. Small mark on lower text block edge. Bottom rear corner bumped. The first of the author's three books to win the National Book Award begins with the famous opening line "I am an American, Chicago born ." Bellow soon found a receptive audience for his new energetic style. The ciritic Irving Howe noticed the "free style" manner and called it "the first major new style in American prose fiction since those of Hemingway and Faulkner." Both Time magazine and the Modern Library board named it one of the hundred best novels in the English language. Seller Inventory # 130184
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Adventures of Augie March
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York
Publication Date: 1953
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good +
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition, first issue.
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