The House of Breath - Softcover
Symbols and impressions surrounding a house in Charity, Texas reflect a search for place and identity
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William Goyen was born in Trinity, Texas, in 1915 and died in 1983. His novels include In a Farther Country, Arcadio, and Come, the Restorer. Goyen was a master of the short story and a selection, Had I a Hundred Mouths, is also published by Serpent's Tail.
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?William Goyen?s The House of Breath is much more than a first novel of astonishing achievment. A profound sympathy with the humblest and poorest men and women combined with a great poetic insight constitute Mr Goyen?s wonderful and rare gift? Stephen Spender ?At his best, as in his first novel, The House of Breath, William Goyen managed to create an inspired flow of words... He reminds me of Malcolm Lowry in that he knows pity for what it is: a savageness, not a comfort? Robert Nye, Guardian
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- PublisherRandom House
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 0394730534
- ISBN 13 9780394730530
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Elizabeth Fairbanks (Illustration) (illustrator). 1st Printing: January 1975. 194 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Creased spine. Publisher's remainder copy. Seller Inventory # 1FislCd0033
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 25th anniv ed; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 153932
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. New York: Random House and San Francisco: Bookworks, 1975, co-publishers. First edition, stated first printing of 25th anniversay edition. 8vo. Trade paperback, 194 pp. The House of Breath is a novel written by the American author William Goyen. It was his first book, published in 1950. It is not a novel in the usual sense in that it lacks traditional plot and character development. Upon its publication, reviewers noted the book for its unusual literary technique and style. Goyen called it a series of "arias". Some critics have called it not a novel at all but a work to be read as poetry, over and over. The book touches on themes of family (kinship), human sexuality, place, time, and memory. It received critical acclaim upon its publication, not commercial success, but it did lead the way for support of the author?s further work through fellowships. Fine. Seller Inventory # 015548
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good. Flat SIGNED by author on FFEP. First PB printing January 1975, 7,500 copies. Front cover has small circle rubbed near bottom edge. Back cover has yellow spotting. Binding shows between pg 62-63, 110-111. Age related browning to cover and pages. Two inch wide browning across top of inside front cover and FFEP. Outer edges tanned and dirty. Inside pages clean and without tears. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1705564158082
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