Tom Clark's collection of short fiction, The Last Gas Station , is in two contrasting parts. It opens with 23 very short prose pieces--amusingly surreal California vignettes, some no longer than a page, peopled by denim-clad cowgirls, itinerant lover boys, Martin Heidegger, Boris Pasternak, Muslim college students, Vietnam vets, Ty Cobb, Ted Berrigan, and a great dinosaur poet of the Jurassic period. These are followed by the novella "Incident at Basecamp," an odd matter-of-fact account of a close encounter between a ...
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Tom Clark's collection of short fiction, The Last Gas Station , is in two contrasting parts. It opens with 23 very short prose pieces--amusingly surreal California vignettes, some no longer than a page, peopled by denim-clad cowgirls, itinerant lover boys, Martin Heidegger, Boris Pasternak, Muslim college students, Vietnam vets, Ty Cobb, Ted Berrigan, and a great dinosaur poet of the Jurassic period. These are followed by the novella "Incident at Basecamp," an odd matter-of-fact account of a close encounter between a young married couple and a spindly, three-toed, mind-reading extraterrestrial somewhere deep in the Rocky Mountain wilderness.
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Add this copy of Last Gas Station to cart. $25.69, very good condition, Sold by Lake Country Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Excelsior, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Black Sparrow Press.
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Very Good + in None as issued jacket. Size: 5x0x8; Excellent copy, nearly new paperback with unmarked text. Cover has minimal wear. Small bend to bottom corner of some pages. Binding is tight and square, no creases to spine or cover. Books, box sets, and items other than standard jewel case CDs and DVDs that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
Add this copy of Natural Numbers: New and Selected Poems to cart. $17.87, good condition, Sold by Vashon Island Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vashon, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1963 by New Directions.
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Good. No Jacket As Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" First Thus Edition / First Printing. Good, Spine is slightly darkened, light wear to covers. 14 x 20cm. soft cover. 119pp. B2392.
Add this copy of Last Gas Station and Other Stories.; . Includes Famous to cart. $19.00, good condition, Sold by Wonderful Books By Mail rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chico, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Black SPARROW PRESS.
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Illustrated by Cover PhotoTEXACO GAS STATION SIGN. Good. 6x8" GOOD Condition, back cover shows lite tea stain....OW quite a nice, clean, solid copy. PAPERBACK; Red titles on tan paper covers, showing iconic old gas station. Cover art photo is inside narrow red border on tan paper covers, NOTE; item does NOT show a red spine strip. Cranberry colored endpapers..; Chronology & Index...MANY PHOTOS....Lowell, Mass, Etc.
Add this copy of Last Gas Station to cart. $49.47, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Black Sparrow Press.
