Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Norman Mailer to the late literary agent Roslyn (Ros) Targ on the fly leaf. 1983, First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. A sharp, tight, clean copy. The DJ's spine is sunned; light wear to the spine ends. An attractive copy, connecting two giants of the New York literary scene.

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Ancient Evenings is a novel by Norman Mailer. It deals with the lives of two protagonists, one young, one old, in a very alien ancient Egypt marked by journeys by the dead, reincarnation, and violent and hyper-sexual gods and mortals in a complex combination of historical fiction, allegory, poetic flight, confession and spiritual meditation. Crossing three millennia to Pharaonic Egypt, this tale returns to that land's essences - the war, magic, gods, death and reincarnations, the lusts, ambitions, jealousies, and betrayals, sadistically admiring all sorts of violence and atrocity, both in sarcasm and reality.

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Bookseller: Common Crow Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0086250
Title: Ancient Evenings
Author: Mailer, Norman
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
ISBN 10: 0316544108
ISBN 13: 9780316544108
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1983

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