Chez Chance (California Fiction) de Jay Gummerman - 1997-10-30

Berkeley, CA University of California Press, 1997. Paperback First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 211pp. (California Fiction Series). Trade Paperback. Wry ontological insights and wonderfully odd yet evocative metaphors fill this witty, melancholic first novel about misfits adrift in Los Angeles and the rest of America. Unhappy in his native St. Louis, disaffected paraplegic Frank Eastman returns to L.A., where six months before, working as a tree-cutter for the phone company, he suffered the fall from atop a rat-infested palm tree that caused his paralysis. Fed up with the condescension of his well-meaning sister and full of bitter insights into the empty lifestyles of "enabled" people, Frank moves into the seedy Tradewinds motel, in the shadow of Disney's magic kingdom. There, among a… Leer más

Univ of California Pr. Collectible - Very Good. 1997. First Printing. Soft Cover. 0520210808 (T131) .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of California Pr, 1997. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 211 pages. 8.25x5.75x0.75 inches.

University of California Press, 1997-10-29. paperback. New. 5x0x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing