Self-Help: Stories (First Edition)

Lorrie Moore

ISBN 10: 0394539214 / ISBN 13: 9780394539218

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1985

New York, Knopf, 1985. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Tiny chip to front jacket and some very slight wear to heel of spine. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($13.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Her first book, a collection of stories. Seller Inventory # Rear-Stacks-Moore

Synopsis:

These ten short stories focus on women who are on the brink of loneliness--their mothers are dying, their husbands and lovers are leaving them--and who face their disappointments with anxiety laced with ironic humor

Review: " A wry, crackly voice. . . . Fine, funny, and very moving pictures of contemporary life [from] a writer of enormous talent." -- "The New York Times" " Brisk, ironic . . . scalpel-sharp. . . . A funny, cohesive, and moving collection of stories." -- "The New York Times Book Review" " Astonishing. . . . Moore is so good at trapping each moment in perfect, precise detail, so masterful at cynicism and wryness that her moments of poignancy and sweetness catch us completely off guard." -- "San Francisco Chronicle" " Sharp, flicking, on-target . . . the work of a sorcerer' s apprentice. Moore casts a cruel, mischievous spell." -- "Vanity Fair" " Trenchant, funny tales. . . . Moore is much more than another chronicler of the chronically out-of-sync relations between American men and women. She writes with urgency and pace." -- "People"

Bibliographic Details

Title: Self-Help: Stories (First Edition)
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Publication Date: 1985
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition