Distortions AND Where You'll Find Me

Beattie, Ann

ISBN 10: 0385116594 / ISBN 13: 9780385116596

Published by Doubleday, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1976

About this Item

First Printing of Beattie's first book issued simultaneously with Chilly Scenes of Winter. Book has some toning to boards and page edges with light dimpling of toning to free endpapers. Jacket has light wear and is not price-clipped. No markings in book. Where You'll Find Me is a First Printing, 1986, book of short stories with gift inscription from previous owner on second free endpaper. Book and jacket are near Fine. Seller Inventory # 002756

Bibliographic Details

Title: Distortions AND Where You'll Find Me

Publisher: Doubleday, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1976

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Haunting and disturbingly powerful, these stories established Ann Beattie as the most celebrated new voice in American fiction and an absolute master of the short-story form. Beattie captures perfectly the profound longings that came to define an entire generation with insight, compassion, and humor.

Review:

"Magnificant, a pleasure, a significant literary debut." --"The New York Times"
"Life as it is lived...One doesn't know whether to cheer or weep, but one goes on reading." --"Detroit Free Press"
"[Beattie is] a writer's writer." --"Boston Evening Globe"
"Ann Beattie is both painful and funny. She is a writer for all audiences, combining a remarkable array of skills with mateial of wide popular appeal. Her characters inhabit our contemporary world and brood like us about their loves, families, and lives. They compose a wide-screen panorama of life in these United States." --"The New York Times Book Review"