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Operation Shylock: A Confession
by Roth, Philip [Joan Didion]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671703765
- ISBN 13
- 9780671703769
- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. An association copy, not signed but from the library of Joan Didion, renown author of such works as The Year of Magical Thinking, Play It as It Lays, The White Album, and Slouching Toward Bethlehem. A bookplate affirming this provenance is on the front free endpaper. An advanced copy with a publicity sheet and an "advanced copy" card laid in. A fine book in a near fine jacket with light wear to corners and spine top and bottom, two one 1/8-inch tears and a small chip to rear panel outer corner. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We also have a distinct interest in contemporary essay and invite you to explore our other Joan Didion offerings.
Synopsis
Operation Shylock: A Confession is novelist Philip Roth's 19th book and was published in 1993. The novel follows narrator "Philip Roth" on a journey to Israel where he attends the trial of accused war criminal John Demjanjuk. At the same time, the character seeks out an impersonator who has appropriated his identity and used his celebrity to spread "Diasporism," a counter-Zionist ideology advocating the return of Israeli Jews to their countries of origin.
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- Bookseller
- Rural Hours (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1676362164870
- Title
- Operation Shylock: A Confession
- Author
- Roth, Philip [Joan Didion]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671703765
- ISBN 13
- 9780671703769
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
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About Rural Hours
Rural Hours (formerly Wood + River = Books, est. 2019) specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, environmental literature, and contemporary essay, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We draw our name from the popular-but-then-forgotten book by Susan Fenimore Cooper (published in 1850), generally considered the first work of environmental creative nonfiction by a woman in the U.S. We are interested in challenging and expanding the canon of environmental literature and finding books that tell remarkable stories and illuminate the tradition of writing about place and natural history.
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