Landscape with Traveler: the Pillow Book of Francis Reeves

E. P. Dutton, New York, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. XIV, 146 pages, last page blank; illustrated dustjacket. Slight dustiness to the top edge of the text block, which also has some very faint splash marks, otherwise the body of the book is in good order. The dustjacket has a 0.5 inch tear at the top left of the front panel and a 0.25 inch tear at the bottom left of same, the rear panel has darkened across the top 1.5 inches, and along the 1 inch adjacent the spine. . The author's first full-length novel is an unusual, captivating exploration into the life of a single man. Written in the form used by the classic Japanese writer Sei Shonagon in her Pillow Book -- short essayistic stories or tales woven around a central moral -- this landscape is the self-portrait of a man who, often swept away by passion in his youth, approaches his later years with increasing distance and an almost Zen light tranquillity. The book opens with a candid and often hilarious descriptions of childhood sexual experiences. After a vivid homosexual life in the Navy, Francis Reeves flirts with heterosexual love and marriage only to being dealt by the sexual magnetism of the self absorbed Ilya, and impecunious bartender on the Greek island of Mykonos. -- front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Homosexuality; ISBN: 0525143440. ISBN/EAN: 9780525143444. Inventory No: 0212110. . 9780525143444