In America
de Sontag, Susan
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PA: The Franklin Library, 2000. As New in dark green morocco, lushly gilt-stamped on all sides. Raised bands on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Decorative endpapers and a sewn-in silk ribbon bookmark. 387pps. A flawless collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be opened (except for the signing) and yet to be read. SIGNED by the author exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Includes an introduction by Sontag that is not in the trade edition as well as a specially commissioned frontispiece by Paula Ziegenhagen Slick. Laid in is the publisher's placard describing the novel. Winner of The National Book Award in 2000."<br><br><b><font color=#003366>. "In 1876 a group of Poles led by Maryna Zalewska, Poland's greatest actress, travel to California to found a 'utopian' commune. Maryna, who has renounced her career, is accompanied by her small son and husband; in her entourage is a rising young writer who is in love with her. The novel portrays a West that is still largely empty, where white settlers confront native Californians and Asian coolies. The image of America, and of California -- as fantasy, as escape, as radical simplification -- constantly meets a more complex reality. The commune fails and most of the émigrés go home, but Maryna stays and triumphs on the American stage. 'In America' is a big, juicy, surprising book -- about a woman's search for self-transformation, about the fate of idealism, about the world of the theater -- that will captivate its readers from the first page. It is Sontag's most delicious, most brilliant achievement."<br><br></b></font> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. SIGNED by the Author. Limited First Edition. Full-Leather.
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Susan Sontag was an American author, literary theorist, essayist and political activist. Her novel, In America was the 2000 winner of the National Book Awards. This fascinating exploration into the lives of a group of artistic and intellectual Poles, led by an actress, Maryna Zalezowski is written in a beautiful, fluid prose. The group travels to Anaheim, California in 1876 to try to pursue their dream of a utopian society. They form a farming commune where everyone is changed and challenged by the experience. Artfully written and assiduously researched, it is a novel well-worth reading.
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- In America
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- Sontag, Susan
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- SUSAN SONTAG IN AMERICA FIRST EDITIONS AMERICAN LITERATURE LEATHERBOUND MARYNA ZALEWSKA WESTERNS CALIFORNIA 1800S NATIVE AMERICANS INDIANS IMMIGRATION PIONEERS SETTLERS WESTWARD EXPANSION HISTORICAL FICTION SIGNED COLLECTIBLE BOOKS NOVELS
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