The Amalgamation Polka [signed Advance Reader's Edition]
Language: English
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York NY, 2006
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Advance Reader's Edition of First Edition, paperback, w/just an articulate signature by Stephen Wright on front end page. 323pp. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in FINE+ condition. "Anyone who loves fiction--who lives by it--is aware, or else tries to be, of who is likely to write the Great American Novel. That's precisely what Laura Miller accused Stephen Wright of doing in The New York Times Book Review; that piece ran well over a year ago, but in case you missed it we have inserted it here. [included] And what can I say about this new book except that it is surely as extraordinary a Civil War novel as any I've ever read, from the least likely--that is, the most rigorously contemporary--novelist you might imagine being drawn to a historical subject."--Gary Fisketjon, Knopf editor. "Born in 1844 in bucolic upstate New York, Liberty Fish is the son of fervent abolitionists as well as the grandson of Carolina slaveholders even more dedicated to their cause. Thus follows a childhood limned with fugitive slaves moving through hidden passageways in the house, his Uncle Potter's free-soil adventure stories whose remarkable violence sets the tone of the mounting national crisis, and the inevitable distress that befalls his mother whenever letters arrive from her parents--a conflict that ultimately costs her her life and compels Liberty, in hopes of reconciling the familial disunion, to escape first into the cauldron of war and then into a bedlam more disturbing still." [publisher copy] "This dark and lyrical tale of madness and prophecy speaks uncannily from within its period, in the tradition of heartbroken humor which America's lapses of faith in its own promise have always evoked in the finest of our storytellers, among whom Stephen Wright here honorably takes his place."--Thomas Pynchon. "If you begin THE AMALGAMATION POLKA be prepared for a lot of rereading, due to the vibrant beauty and savory brilliance of every paragraph. This kind of writing is matched by maybe three or four living American novelists, and not very many dead ones."--Michael Herr. Pristine Advance Reader's Edition paperback w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine & no jacket as issued. A beautiful Knopf production covered in the illustrated wraps by Chip Kidd. Quite presentable & collectible.…
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- Title
- The Amalgamation Polka [signed Advance Reader's Edition]
- Author
- Stephen Wright
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, New York NY
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 067945117X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679451174
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Special Edition
- Item weight
- 23.21 ounces
- Dimensions
- 6.69 inches width by 9.59 inches height by 1.22 inches depth
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About the Author
Stephen Wright was educated at the U.S. Army Intelligence School and the Iowa Writers Workshop. He has taught at Princeton University, Brown University, and, most recently, The New School. He lives in New York City.
Stephen Wright has taught at Princeton University, Brown University, and, most recently, The New School.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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