The Ivory Swing Tapa dura - 1982

McClelland & Stewart, 1982-01-01. First Edition. HARDCOVER. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! Canadian first edition, first printing. Published in 1982. Jacket is in Very Good + condition. Front of jacket has a 1-1/2 tear and the back of jacket has a 1/2 inch tear. Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Very Good + condition. Book is in Very Good + condition. Some yellowing of pages. The binding is straight and tight. Remainder mark.

Mcclelland & Stewart, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. clean with light handling wear.

McClelland and Stewart. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0771042205 . Tears, chips, and creases to edges of clipped jacket. Rubbing to edges. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; X X ; 252 pages .

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1982. Fragile dust jacket is bright and clean but with some edge wear including a 1/2" tear bottom of front panel near flap fold, a 1/4" tear and associated crease top of rear panel and wrinkles and light wear to ends of spine panel. Austrialian-born Canadian author's first book, a novel; winner of the $50,000 Seal First Novel Award.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Very Good Plus.

Toronto, Canada.: McClelland & Stewart, 1982. Hardcover. NF./NF. Small tear. 0x0x0. Quarter-cloth boards.

Toronto: M & S. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771042205 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Shelfwear on edges of boards, 4 cm. Tear to upper edge of front d/j near spine, puncture on front d/j near bottom spine, rubbing and wear to corners. Flat-signed by author on title page. PO name in ink on ffep. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author .

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1982. 252 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H). Winner of the $50,000 Seal First Novel Award. "(A)n evocative story of a Canadian couple caught in personal and cultural conflict in the lush and volatile climate of contemporary South India. Seeking to escape the stultifying atmosphere of a small university town in Ontario, Juliet accompanies her husband David on a research sabbatical to southern India. There, the relentless swelter of life near the equator seizes them in a timeless drift; they become part of the life process. And, divested of familiar defences, they are vulnerable and raw. Their past experiences become reorchestrated in memory, and their life together is called into question. Their confrontation with an alien and tradition-bound culture becomes critical when they befriend Yashoda, a beautiful young widow whose life is made intolerable by the austerity of family law. Yashoda's seductive helplessness engages David and Juliet in separate but compelling ways,… Leer más

McClelland & Stewart. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0771042205 . Ivory / turquoise hard covers, a Very Good copy with a solid binding and a bright, unmarked interior Light spine end & corner bumping. The DJ is unclipped, cover and edgewear, overall in Very Good condition. "this is the story of a woman who feels alien in both her own country (India) and her adopted one (Canada). The novel, based on Hospital's own experiences as a traveler in India, grew out of a short story." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 252 pages .

Toronto. 1982. McClelland & Stewart. 1st Canadian Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0771042205. 252 pages. hardcover. Jacket design & illustration by Fernley Hesse Ltd. Signed by the Author. keywords: Literature Australia Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Winner of the $50,000 Seal First Novel Award, THE IVORY SWING is an evocative story of a Canadian couple caught in personal and cultural conflict in the lush and volatile climate of contemporary South India. Seeking to escape the stultifying atmosphere of a small university town in Ontario, Juliet accompanies her husband David on a research sabbatical to southern India. There, the relentless swelter of life near the equator seizes them in a timeless drift; they become part of the life process. And, divested of familiar defences, they are vulnerable and raw. Their past experiences become reorchestrated in memory, and their life together is called into question. Their confrontation with an alien and tradition-bound culture becomes… Leer más

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 252 pp. Signed by Janette Turner Hospital on the title page. Quarter bound in blue on off-white boards; blue endpapers; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. Juliet yearns for the 'ebb and flow of life lived avidly', for the pace and challenge of city living. The conflict between her love of husband and children and her own passionate need for expression is intensified by her move from small town Canada to Southern India. The stifling restrictions on Juliet's freedom are magnified by the plight of her young widowed neighbour. The beautiful Yashoda longs to embrace the Western values that would release her from the strictures of Indian tradition. But the ancient mores are powerful and enduring, and challenging them inevitably leads to tragedy.The Ivory Swing won Canada's prestigious… Leer más