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An edition of Desperate Characters: a novel (1970)

Desperate characters.

[1st ed.]

by

  • ★★★★ 4.00 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 119 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 6 Have read

First published in 1970 to great acclaim, this novel stands as one of the most dazzling and rigorous examples of the storyteller's craft in postwar American literature--a novel that, according to Irving Howe, ranks with "Billy Budd" and "The Great Gatsby".

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Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & World
Language
English
Pages
156

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Previews available in: German English

Subjects
Fiction, Married women, City and town life, Fiction, general, New york (n.y.), fiction, Psychological fiction, Domestic fiction
Places
New York (State), New York

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Cover of: Was am Ende bleibt.
Was am Ende bleibt.
February 1, 2000, C.H.Beck
Hardcover in German
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Cover of: Desperate characters
Desperate characters
1999, W.W. Norton
in English
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Desperate characters
1999, W.W. Norton
in English
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Cover of: Desperate characters
Desperate characters: a novel
1980, Nonpareil Books, Brand: David R Godine Pub, David R Godine Pub
in English
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Desperate characters.
1970, Harcourt, Brace & World
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Dewey Decimal Class
813/.5/4
Library of Congress
PZ4.F7925 De, PS3556.O94 De

The Physical Object

Pagination
156 p.
Number of pages
156

ID Numbers

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OL5696615M
LCCN
70095874
Library Thing
120128

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October 4, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
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