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Appointment in Samarra
de O'HARA, John
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Errata slip tipped-in. A good copy with the paper over the front hinge slightly repaired, and some of the usual smudging or light stains on the glazed front board, a sound good or a little better copy lacking the dustwrapper. Ownership signature of Anthony Soma ("A. Soma") on front pastedown. Soma was the proprietor of a speakeasy in downtown Manhattan during the Depression (and the father-in-law of John Houston, who married Soma's daughter Enrecca and thus was also the grandfather of Angelica Houston). O'Hara, no stranger to speakeasies, has Inscribed the book on the front fly: "To Tony Soma. John O'Hara. Sept. 10, 1934." O'Hara's famous first book, realistically detailing the three-day disintegration of Julian English in O'Hara's invented city of Gibbsville, Pennsylvania.
Sinopsis
At the ripe age of twenty-eight, John O’Hara completed Appointment in Samarra, his first novel, in less than four months. At a similarly quick pace, the events of the book take place in a span of just three days. In this brief time, Appointment in Samarra tells of the increasingly impulsive and self-destructive acts that lead to the main character’s suicide. Julian English, once a high-ranking member of the community of Gibbsville, angers and alienates those close to him, resulting in the rapid decline of his social status. Specific explanations for Julian’s behavior are unclear in the text, though personal insecurities along with his alcoholism undoubtedly play a role. The small-town prejudices of Gibbsville (O’Hara’s fictionalized version of his hometown, Pottsville, Pennsylvania) greatly affect Julian’s demise as well. Omniscient narration works to expose these prejudices via the inner thoughts of various people in the town. The title, Appointment in Samarra, is a reference to W. Somerset Maugham's 1933 retelling of an old story in his play, Sheppey. In the story, which appears as an epigraph for the novel, Death speaks of meeting a merchant in Samarra, informing the reader from the beginning of the novel’s fatal ending. In his foreword to the 1952 reprint, O'Hara says that the working title for the novel was The Infernal Grove. It was not until fellow writer Dorothy Parker showed him the story in Maugham's play that he got the idea for the title Appointment in Samarra. Modern Library ranked Appointment in Samarra 22nd on its list of the “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 403645
- Título
- Appointment in Samarra
- Autor
- O'HARA, John
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1934
- Palabras clave
- FirstBook, AssociationCopy, AmerLit20thCent
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- Dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- Hinge
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Inscribed
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