"The most important work of fiction by an American in this literary generation." - The New Republic Now celebrating the 50th anniversary of its publication, Omensetter's Luck is the masterful first novel by the author of The Tunnel, Middle C, On Being Blue, and Eyes: Novellas and Stories. Greeted as a masterpiece when it was first published in 1966, Omensetter's Luck is the quirky, impressionistic, and breathtakingly original story of an ordinary community galvanized by the presence of an extraordinary man. Set ...
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"The most important work of fiction by an American in this literary generation." - The New Republic Now celebrating the 50th anniversary of its publication, Omensetter's Luck is the masterful first novel by the author of The Tunnel, Middle C, On Being Blue, and Eyes: Novellas and Stories. Greeted as a masterpiece when it was first published in 1966, Omensetter's Luck is the quirky, impressionistic, and breathtakingly original story of an ordinary community galvanized by the presence of an extraordinary man. Set in a small Ohio town in the 1890s, it chronicles - through the voices of various participants and observers - the confrontation between Brackett Omensetter, a man of preternatural goodness, and the Reverend Jethro Furber, a preacher crazed with a propensity for violent thoughts. Omensetter's Luck meticulously brings to life a specific time and place as it illuminates timeless questions about life, love, good, and evil. This edition includes an afterword written by William Gass in 1997. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Add this copy of Omensetter's Luck: William Gass (Classic, 20th-Century, to cart. $33.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Penguin Publishing Group.
Add this copy of Omensetter's Luck to cart. $39.64, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Signet.
Add this copy of Omensetter's Luck to cart. $62.65, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Plume.
Add this copy of Omensetter's Luck: William Gass (Classic, 20th-Century, to cart. $63.19, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Penguin Publishing Group.
Add this copy of Omensetter's Luck to cart. $175.00, very good condition, Sold by Flips Fine Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Greensboro, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by The New American Library.
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Fine copy in near fine dust jacket; minor glue-offsetting to pastedowns; dj has just slight rubbing to spine ends, tiny nick to back top edge & foxing to inside, only, of spine. 8vo 8 5/8"x 5 1/4" black cloth (wide) w/ blue paper boards; lettering 'metallic-lime' on spine; top edge mustard yellow; endpapers olive-green; 304 pgs; price-clipped, blue dust jacket w/ roulette design front&back; author photo on rear flap; Gass's first book. quote by Susan Sontag on front cover, & by Walker Percy on back.
Add this copy of Omensetter's Luck to cart. $225.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by New American Library.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in a very near fine dustwrapper with a short tear on the front panel and a little rubbing. Author's first book.
Add this copy of Omensetter's Luck (Signed) to cart. $245.00, like new condition, Sold by Kulturas books west rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Collins.
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As New in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0453000592. Hardcover in dust jacket. Olive green textured boards, pristine. First British edition, first printing (1967). SIGNED and inscribed on front free end page ("For Samuel Bellman"--Bellman was one of the founding members of the English and Foreign Language Department at Cal Poly Pomona and taught American literature there for many years). Book is firm in binding, unread. Bellman's ownership plate is on the front paste-down, hidden by the jacket flap. Protected, orange and green, unclipped dust jacket has a half-inch tape repair at top, shelf wear to corners. Gass's first novel. A handsome copy. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 304 pages; Signed by Author.
Add this copy of Omensetter's Luck to cart. $250.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Collins.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First English edition. First couple of leaves with faint corner creasing, still easily fine in very near fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear and soil. An attractive copy of the English edition of the author's first book.
Add this copy of Omensetter's Luck to cart. $275.00, like new condition, Sold by Books Of Choice rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bloomington, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by The New American Library.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. 304 pages. First edition, first printing. His 1st book. Dust jacket blurbs by Susan Sontag & Walker Percy. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing to the corners. A beautiful copy!
Add this copy of Omensetter's Luck to cart. $346.08, very good condition, Sold by RARE BOOK CELLAR rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pomona, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by New American Library.