A poignant and evocative novel of self-discovery that follows a young man in America and abroad, on a journey into adulthood during the turbulent 1960s It is 1964, and Peter Levi, a young student and bird watcher, has come to Paris to study at the Sorbonne. Shy and innocent at nineteen years old, he arrives fresh from an extended Maine holiday with his vivacious mother, and is determined to live a life free of unwanted complications and unnecessary stress. But this is an era of great change in the world, a time when war is ...
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A poignant and evocative novel of self-discovery that follows a young man in America and abroad, on a journey into adulthood during the turbulent 1960s It is 1964, and Peter Levi, a young student and bird watcher, has come to Paris to study at the Sorbonne. Shy and innocent at nineteen years old, he arrives fresh from an extended Maine holiday with his vivacious mother, and is determined to live a life free of unwanted complications and unnecessary stress. But this is an era of great change in the world, a time when war is looming in Southeast Asia and social unrest is simmering. There is much to trouble and confuse the young American as he journeys through foreign countries--and feelings--into adulthood. For Peter, the simplicity of childhood is over--and his new life is becoming increasingly complex in a world growing more unrecognizable by the day. Mary McCarthy's splendid Birds of America is a moving and surprising coming-of-age tale: the unforgettable story of a young man's awakening, and a stunning evocation of the disorienting change of the 1960s.
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Seller's Description:
Good in Good jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 344. 344 pp. First printing. This is an ex-library copy with the usual markings. Otherwise, it is a very clean and tight copy.
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As New in Fine jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, fine, as new, in tan dj. 340 deckled pages, clean and unmarked. Book Club edition. By author of "The Group". It is 1964, and Peter Levi, a young student and bird watcher, has come to Paris to study at the Sorbonne. Shy and innocent at nineteen years old, he arrives fresh from an extended Maine holiday with his vivacious mother, and is determined to live a life free of unwanted complications and unnecessary stress. But this is an era of great change in the world, a time when war is looming in Southeast Asia and social unrest is simmering. There is much to trouble and confuse the young American as he journeys through foreign countries-and feelings-into adulthood. For Peter, the simplicity of childhood is over-and his new life is becoming increasingly complex in a world growing more unrecognizable by the day.
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Good in good dust jacket. First Edition. First edition. DJ with original price, slight edge wear and substantial age toning. Boards sunned with spots of soiling to upper edges, else good. Pages lightly toned at edges, else clean. Spine gently bumped at top edge, binding is sound.
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Fine in NF jacket. Neither ex-lib nor remainder. Hardocver in gold cloth, in gold card jacket with blue titles and Peter Vos artwork, 8vo. 1st edition/printing (stated and with full letter line). 344pp. Fine/NF. Very faint foxing just beginning to page edges; else as new with clean, sharp cloth and stamped titles; strong, square binding; clean, unmarked pages on mildly toned stock (per original issue). Jacket has mild rubbing to extreme spine ends; else clean and sharp in Brodart.
