1992, ISBN: 9780865475991

278 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt label to spine with black lettering over beige boards in original pictorial jacket. First e… More...

278 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt label to spine with black lettering over beige boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Remainder mark at heal end pages. Make it new, said Pound, and Dobyns always does: this account of four extraordinary weeks in the life of a large Chilean family, sheltering from a series of earthquakes, is his best novel yet. The Big One rocked southern Chile on May 22, 1960, to be followed by months of smaller quakes and tremors, mudslides and tsunamis. Four thousand people were killed; the moon turned blood-red; many believed the end of the world was at hand. The solidly bourgeois Droppelman family of Puerto Varas experiences convulsions of its own, culminating in scandal. The story is told by eight-year-old Lucy, whose father, a cattle merchant, is killed by a falling chimney brick; she and her two brothers take refuge in their grandparents' farmhouse. Lucy's grandmother is overjoyed by the quake, since she has all her brood under one roof: very much the controlling matriarch, she envisions them all dying and entering Heaven together. Ironically, the opposite will happen: they will survive, but fragmented--because the earthquake frees the adults from conventional restraints. Great-aunt Clotilde dresses up for Death in her sister's wedding gown; gluttonous Uncle Walterio steals his nephew's candy; Aunt Miriam is permanently tipsy. Uncle Hellmuth and Alcibiades, formerly best friends, fall out when Alcibiades becomes infatuated with Hellmuth's wife, a self-absorbed coquette; there is a bloody fistfight, and Alcibiades leaves town. Lucy herself, devastated by her father's death, almost dies from a fever; her perspective is enriched by flash-forwards in which, 30 years later, the mature Lucy ponders the nature of memory and experience. Our often hapless attempts to control our lives are a common thread in Dobyns's work. But while Cold Dog Soup (1985) and The Two Deaths of Senora Puccini (1988) rested on outlandish premises, here Dobyns hits pay dirt with a credible situation that fits his preoccupations like a glove. Condition: Remainder to heal end pages else a near fine copy in a fine jacket., Viking Press, 1991, 4.5, Treehouse Children's Books Ltd. Bath Book. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Treehouse Children's Books Ltd, 2.5, 208 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's black boards with gilt lettering t spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. (SWF Seeks Same) stumbles with this mystery set in the graceful world of ballroom dancing. St. Louis realtor Mary Arlington, whose mother is alcoholic and whose lover is physically abusive, lives for her mambo, cha-cha and tango lessons with Mel Holt at the Romance Studio. After kicking her lover out of her life and checking her mother into a detox center, Mary agrees to dance with Mel in the Ohio Star Ball, a major competition. Meanwhile in Seattle and New Orleans, women dancers resembling Mary are murdered. Rene Verlane, the husband of the New Orleans victim, insists the crime is related to his wife's dancing. Mary follows the case on TV and one night calls Verlane to offer her help in finding the killer. Together this long-distance team hunts down the killer who is stalking female dancers. With its lackluster characters and slack, far-fetched plot, the story generates little suspense and fails to capture the grace, style or passion of its white-glove setting. Condition: A fine copy in like jacket., St Martin's Press, 1992, 5, North Point Press. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., North Point Press, 2.5<

2002, ISBN: 0865475997

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780865475991], Used, good, [PU: North Point Press (2002), New York], BOXING, Jacket, New York: North Point Press, (2002). First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 33… More...

[EAN: 9780865475991], Used, good, [PU: North Point Press (2002), New York], BOXING, Jacket, New York: North Point Press, (2002). First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 331 pages. Book and dust jacket in Fine condition. 010608A "Robert Anasi took up boxing in his twenties to keep in shape, attract women, and sharpen his knuckles for the odd bar fight. He thought of entering 'The Gloves,' but put it off. Finally, at age thirty-three -- his last year of eligibility--he vowed to fight, even though he was an old man in a sport of teenagers and would have to starve himself all winter to make weight come tournament time., Books<

2002, ISBN: 0865475997

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780865475991], Used, very good, [PU: North Point Press, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.], BOXING SPORTS RECREATION, Jacket, Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall, Books

ISBN: 9780865475991

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Farrar, Straus & G… More...

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2.5<

ISBN: 0865475997

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