An edition of Desperate Characters: a novel (1970)

Desperate Characters

A Novel

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Desperate Characters
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An edition of Desperate Characters: a novel (1970)

Desperate Characters

A Novel

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
David R. Godine Publisher
Language
English
Pages
166

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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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Desperate Characters: A Novel
September 1983, David R. Godine Publisher
Paperback in English
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Desperate characters: a novel
1980, Nonpareil Books, Brand: David R Godine Pub, David R Godine Pub
in English
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First Sentence

"Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bentwood drew out their chairs simultaneously."

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Paperback
Number of pages
166

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8128113M
ISBN 10
0879233095
ISBN 13
9780879233099
Library Thing
120128
Goodreads
1196026

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May 30, 2014 Edited by Missy Novi merge authors
April 27, 2013 Edited by Hilary Caws-Elwitt merge authors
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April 24, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs.
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