From Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
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Octavo. 207pp. Inscribed "for Philomena [Guillebaud} with love, from Ursula*, Happy Birthday! July 11, 1996. Her asterisk adds: "and from Martha, an narrative American, see page 95. Le Guin demonstrates her sensitive and intimate relationship with the English language and her capacity to bring out the beauty of words and the human experience they describe. She admits that though the stories "talk about reality . . . reality is a slippery fish that often can be caught only in a net of spells She weaves together in this collection of short stories the power of suggestion, ambiguity, and poignant insight to explore "the mysteries of name and time and ordinary living and ordinary pain." "Half Past Four" reminds us that people with the same name exist all over the world and face the same pain. A near fine copy bound in 1/4 black cloth over black paper covered boards, spine lettering silver, one corner bumped, in unclipped, near fine dust jacket with with small crease at upper corner of front flap near price. Seller Inventory # 031416
Bibliographic Details
Title: Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (...
Publisher: HarperCollins, (New York 1996)
Edition: First Edition.
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