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HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON (Essays From Now or Never)
by Kingsolver, Barbara
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060172916
- ISBN 13
- 9780060172916
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collection of twenty-five essays from Kingsolver, who has won widespread praise for her poetry and novels as well as her non-fiction, which she uses here to explore family, community and nature, searching for life's meaning in a museum for atom bomb relics, a voodoo love charm, a family of paper dolls, the ethics of a wild pig, and a battle of wills with a two-year-old. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket shows a slight bit of wear at the top end of the spine, no tears, chipping or creases, not price-fixed. Collectable.
Synopsis
"There is no one quite like Barbara Kingsolver in contemporary literature," raves the Washington Post Book World, and it is right. She has been nominated three times for the ABBY award, and her critically acclaimed writings consistently enjoy spectacular commercial success as they entertain and touch her legions of loyal fans. In High Tide in Tucson, she returnsto her familiar themes of family, community, the common good and the natural world. The title essay considers Buster, a hermit crab that accidentally stows away on Kingsolver's return trip from the Bahamas to her desert home, and turns out to have manic-depressive tendencies. Buster is running around for all he's worth -- one can only presume it's high tide in Tucson. Kingsolver brings a moral vision and refreshing sense of humor to subjects ranging from modern motherhood to the history of private property to the suspended citizenship of human beings in the Animal Kingdom. Beautifully packaged, with original illustrations by well-known illustrator Paul Mirocha, these wise lessons on the urgent business of being alive make it a perfect gift for Kingsolver's many fans.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004232
- Title
- HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON (Essays From Now or Never)
- Author
- Kingsolver, Barbara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0060172916
- ISBN 13
- 9780060172916
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- ESSAYS, FIRST EDITION, LITERATURES, FAMILY, NATURE, COMMUNITY, CRITICISM,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Literature; Essays;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Tight
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- Chipping
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