Last Night's Stranger: One Night Stands & Other Staples of Modern Life
Rotter, Patt ed.; Carver, Raymond; Ford, Richard; Coover, Robert
ISBN 10: 0894791044 ISBN 13: 9780894791048
Published by A & W Publishers, 1982
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SIGNED by Raymond Carver, Richard Ford, Robert Coover at the heading of each of their stories. First Edition. xiii, 381pp. Marbled white paper over board backed in slate cloth effect paper over board, brick endpapers. Some very trivial rubbing and toning to extremities, small smudge to fore edge. Dust jacket is clipped to front flap, some shelf wear. Raymond Carver contributed his short story 'Neighbors' to this collection. This story, which first appeared in Esquire in 1971, was subsequently dramatized in Robert Altman's 1993 movie 'Short Cuts' with Robert Downey Jr. and Lili Taylor starring. Richard Ford's contributation was 'In Desert Waters' (1976). His first national magazine appearance, this was also published in Esquire. Robert Coover's 'The Elevator' (1967) was an important inspiration for Colson Whitehead's debut novel 'The Intuitionist' (1999). Whitehead, a Pulitzer prize winner for 2020's 'Nickle Boys'cited Coover as someone who gave him '.the license to change history and inhabit different real-life people.'. Seller Inventory # 508129
Bibliographic Details
Title: Last Night's Stranger: One Night Stands & ...
Publisher: A & W Publishers
Publication Date: 1982
Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Condition: NEAR FINE
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed By Author
Edition: First Edition.