Like the writers Harriett Doerr (Stones for Ibarra) and Penelope Fitzgerald (The Blue Flower), Maclin Bocock has been quietly honing her craft for many years. A Citizen of the World is an astonishingly self-assured and accomplished debut. Her prose possesses great charm, depth, and calm, but is stirred by storms of passion that John Hawkes calls, "the strength of a woman in a world of eternal betrayal." Here are twelve stories and a novella, set variously in the deep south of Bocock's birth, and ranging afield to Mexico, ...
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Like the writers Harriett Doerr (Stones for Ibarra) and Penelope Fitzgerald (The Blue Flower), Maclin Bocock has been quietly honing her craft for many years. A Citizen of the World is an astonishingly self-assured and accomplished debut. Her prose possesses great charm, depth, and calm, but is stirred by storms of passion that John Hawkes calls, "the strength of a woman in a world of eternal betrayal." Here are twelve stories and a novella, set variously in the deep south of Bocock's birth, and ranging afield to Mexico, France, and North Africa. In her introduction to A Citizen of the World, Alice Hoffman writes, "Her heart-stopping stories of childhood trauma might bring to mind Eudora Welty. Her cool, reserved novella might be a cousin to Hemingway. Her impassioned stories of love and marriage may remind you of Colette. And yet, Ms. Bocock's voice is singularly and wonderfully her own." This is captivating storytelling, by a mature and assured new talent.
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Very good in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed 'For--with best wishes and thanks for throwing 12 pennies in the pot' by the author on the first free endpaper. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete numberline. Dust jacket has minor edgewear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Book has rippling to the pageblock. Contemporary newspaper review laid in. By the late author of 'Heaven Lies About: Southern Stories'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
Add this copy of A Citizen of the World to cart. $32.40, very good condition, Sold by Robinson Street Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Zoland Books.
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