Briefing for a Descent into Hell

Lessing, Doris May

ISBN 10: 0394421981 / ISBN 13: 9780394421988

Published by Knopf, New York, 1971

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A nice copy of the first edition, first printing. Text is tight, solid, and clean. Lettering to spine is bright and unflaked. In a Fine bright and glossy dust jacket with no fading to the yellow letters on the spine, which is very common for this title. No tears. No previous owner's names. No remainder mark or spray. Not Price Clipped. Not ex-lib. Not a Book Club Edition. Photos sent upon request. Accurate Descriptions/Quality Books/Unmatched Prices. Seller Inventory # 5586

Bibliographic Details

Title: Briefing for a Descent into Hell

Publisher: Knopf, New York

Publication Date: 1971

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Depicts a professor's fantastic adventure fantasies while undergoing a mental breakdown in a hospital

Review:

"Touching and beautiful."
--"The New York Review of Books"
"A brilliant and untamed image of the possibilities that may still constitute man's destiny."
--"Time"
"An excursion into private consciousness . . . ending up in the darkest reaches of the unconscious at its most primitive."
--"The Washington Post Book World"

"Touching and beautiful."
"The New York Review of Books"
"A brilliant and untamed image of the possibilities that may still constitute man's destiny."
"Time"
"An excursion into private consciousness . . . ending up in the darkest reaches of the unconscious at its most primitive."
"The Washington Post Book World""

"Touching and beautiful."
--The New York Review of Books
"A brilliant and untamed image of the possibilities that may still constitute man's destiny."
--Time
"An excursion into private consciousness . . . ending up in the darkest reaches of the unconscious at its most primitive."
--The Washington Post Book World