"POWERFUL. . .GODWIN IS BRILLIANT. . .DEFTLY PLOTTED AND IMAGINED. . . [It] deepened my long-cherished belief about certain forms of art: that in exploring extremities of human behavior, in forcing us to wade through real or metaphorical blood, such art saves us from these experiences and is cathartic in the best sense of the term." --Joyce Carol Oates The Washington Post Francesca married her husband Cameron, an ambitious Los Angeles district attorney, because he asked. Beautiful and pampered, she has never worked and has ...
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"POWERFUL. . .GODWIN IS BRILLIANT. . .DEFTLY PLOTTED AND IMAGINED. . . [It] deepened my long-cherished belief about certain forms of art: that in exploring extremities of human behavior, in forcing us to wade through real or metaphorical blood, such art saves us from these experiences and is cathartic in the best sense of the term." --Joyce Carol Oates The Washington Post Francesca married her husband Cameron, an ambitious Los Angeles district attorney, because he asked. Beautiful and pampered, she has never worked and has never wanted to. She lives only to appreciate the finer things and to be adored. But after four years of marriage, she finds herself unable to move, to dress in the morning, or to take the elevator outside. Lately, she finds her days drifting by in a haze. She'd like to leave Cameron, but the effort seems too great. Instead, she visits her mother, once her closest confidante, now indifferent and distant. As Francesca prays for rescue, change makes a surprise appearance, and suddenly she is faced with the choice between an awkward life and a slow, comfortable death. . . . "Deceptively subtle: it would be easy to skim right over all the deep things the author is saying and read her book as a well-written surface story of a beautiful woman who makes an abortive bid for freedom....I have been crying out for contemporary woman's new consciousness to express or define itself in a good novel....Here it is: Glass People by Gail Godwin." --Anatole Broyard The New York Times
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Slightly bowed with spotting on the board else very good in a very good spine faded dustwrapper with toning. Signed by the author.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. Inscribed to recipient and dated in 1985 by author. Author's second book. Good, with some edge wear (lower edge nick and slight bumps to lower corners. No other markings, no remainder mark, no bookplate. In good dust jacket with some scuffing and minor edge wear. No chips, no significant tears and not price-clipped.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Godwin on the title page. "to Rolland Comstock, Gail Godwin." From the Rolland Comstock collection with Constock's illustrated plate affixed to the front pastedown and his "Inscribed First Edition" sticker affixed to the archival cover's spine as was his custom. Cloth spine ends lightly pushed; dustjacket with closed tear on the rear panel topedge and minimal rubbing. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Godwin's second novel.
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Very Fine in Fine Plus jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very fine copy in a fine plus jacket. Great copy of the author's rare second book.
