The Terris are engaging people, but they are a family in collapse. Alcoholism, drugs, and loveless sex have reduced them to a petty and wasted bunch. Worse, they typify aspects of the larger community besieged by financial woes and by creeping economic and cultural Americanization. What David Adams Richards accomplishes is no mean feat: his characters are at times vicious, sleazy, and even outright dim, yet he manages to entitle them to the interest and sympathy of the reader. Even more now than at its first publication ...
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The Terris are engaging people, but they are a family in collapse. Alcoholism, drugs, and loveless sex have reduced them to a petty and wasted bunch. Worse, they typify aspects of the larger community besieged by financial woes and by creeping economic and cultural Americanization. What David Adams Richards accomplishes is no mean feat: his characters are at times vicious, sleazy, and even outright dim, yet he manages to entitle them to the interest and sympathy of the reader. Even more now than at its first publication in 1981, Lives of Short Duration 's sharp, essential insights have significance for readers seeking to understand the modern Canadian predicament.
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Very Good. 0771098863. Faint creasing to spine. Minor rubbing to edges of cover and spine. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; New Canadian Library; 6.97 X 4.28 X 0.90 inches; 400 pages.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Signed by Author(s) First edition. 8vo, softcover. This edition uses the same very fragile stock for the cover material as the dustjacket on the cloth edition. This copy is Very Good with some light wear/creasing to the covers, SIGNED on the title page.
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Fine. No Jacket. Signed by Author(s) First edition. 8vo, softcover. This edition uses the same very fragile stock for the cover material as the cloth edition used for the dustjacket. This copy is very Nearly Fine, appearing to be unread but with a tiny wrinkle to one tip. Scarce book, especially in this condition. SIGNED on the title page.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author(s) First edition. 8vo, brown cloth, dustjacket. Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine. Text has owner's inscription on ffep, else no sign of use. Extremely fragile dj has no wear or tears, just the slightest bit of wrinkling at the spine-ends, barely visible. A stunning copy of one of his scarcest books, especially in hardcover. This book appears to be unread. Oberon cloth editions were printed in very small numbers. The author has told us that he does not own a copy himself.
