A Day at the Beach: Recollections
Language: English
Published by Alfred Knopf, 1992
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.Callaghan Books South
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(1st) Larger, sturdy book, dark red cloth spine, purple boards with very bright gilt embossed initials at top front, gilt lettering very bright on spine, 259 pages plus brief biographical note. DJ glossy beneath mylar with hazy photo of person on beach on front, on black back praise from Thomas McGuane, Richard Seltzer, George Plimpton and others. DJ has microtear and very thin creases at top front edge next to spine. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
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- Title
- A Day at the Beach: Recollections
- Author
- Wolff, Geoffrey
- Publisher
- Alfred Knopf
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Very Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0679403337
- ISBN 13
- 9780679403333
- Edition
- First Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Autobiography
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Review
"Wolff is one of the all-time great yarn spinners, and the texture of his prose is a marvel." -- Frank Conroy
"In Geoffrey Wolff, America is blessed." -- Los Angeles Times
"A memoir of uncommon grace and self-deprecating charm. . . . Buoyant and forceful." --"Newsday"
"Wolff is always a dream to read. . . . "A Day at the Beach" is a "delice" from one of America's best memoirists." --"The Village Voice"
"Sparkling. . . . Style is the hero of these essays. . . . [Wolff] has lived a rich, full life that sounds almost Victorian in its mix of adventure and stability." --"The New York Times"
"More fun, more instructive, more heartwarming than any day at the beach I can recall. A splendid collection." --George Plimpton
"Elegant. . . . Provide[s] an upbeat counterpoint to the troubled father-son relationship chronicled in "The Duke of Deception." . . . In Geoffrey Wolff, America is blessed." --"Los Angeles Times"
"Honest and touching. . . . [Wolff explores] the romance of building the clean well-lighted sentence." --"Chicago Tribune "
"Exhilarating. . . . Conjures up a diversity of scenes, set in locations ranging from Istanbul to Greenwich Village to a Caribbean beach." --"Publishers Weekly"
"Wolff is one of the all-time great yarn spinners, and the texture of his prose is a marvel." --Frank Conroy
""A Day at the Beach" is at once charming and deeply moving. Anyone who admired "The Duke of Deception" will be drawn to this compelling memoir." --Richard Selzer
"It's impossible to read Geoffrey Wolff's essays without being reminded what good writing is for. The complexities, the punishments, the exuberance of having a full life are his subject. There is no parsimony here, no falseness, no evasion. There is just the deeply satisfying familiarity of Wolff's voice. You sense the completeness of the man in the writer." --Verlyn Klinkenborg
""A Day at the Beach" sneaks up on you in several places with remarkably steady views of American values in the face of mortality. It is an absorbing book, literate, full of life and marvelous information." --Thomas McGuane
"Wol
A memoir of uncommon grace and self-deprecating charm. . . . Buoyant and forceful. "Newsday"
Wolff is always a dream to read. . . . "A Day at the Beach" is a "delice" from one of America s best memoirists. "The Village Voice"
Sparkling. . . . Style is the hero of these essays. . . . [Wolff] has lived a rich, full life that sounds almost Victorian in its mix of adventure and stability. "The New York Times"
More fun, more instructive, more heartwarming than any day at the beach I can recall. A splendid collection. George Plimpton
Elegant. . . . Provide[s] an upbeat counterpoint to the troubled father-son relationship chronicled in "The Duke of Deception." . . . In Geoffrey Wolff, America is blessed. "Los Angeles Times"
Honest and touching. . . . [Wolff explores] the romance of building the clean well-lighted sentence. "Chicago Tribune "
Exhilarating. . . . Conjures up a diversity of scenes, set in locations ranging from Istanbul to Greenwich Village to a Caribbean beach. "Publishers Weekly"
Wolff is one of the all-time great yarn spinners, and the texture of his prose is a marvel. Frank Conroy
"A Day at the Beach" is at once charming and deeply moving. Anyone who admired "The Duke of Deception" will be drawn to this compelling memoir. Richard Selzer
It s impossible to read Geoffrey Wolff s essays without being reminded what good writing is for. The complexities, the punishments, the exuberance of having a full life are his subject. There is no parsimony here, no falseness, no evasion. There is just the deeply satisfying familiarity of Wolff s voice. You sense the completeness of the man in the writer. Verlyn Klinkenborg
"A Day at the Beach" sneaks up on you in several places with remarkably steady views of American values in the face of mortality. It is an absorbing book, literate, full of life and marvelous information. Thomas McGuane
Wolff has ripened through the years to a generous empathy and a supple specificity that mark him as a very special talent. As a story-telling essayist, he can be bravura, gentle or informative, balancing mercy with incongruity. One reads him wishing he were in the room. Edward Hoagland"
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