"Laying sure hands on the daily is Wright Morris's forte. What the rest of us may have accepted too casually he sets upon with his own highly specialized focus. In this novel, more than ever, the texture of the day and hour, the fabric of speech, the pattern of action are used to show forth the humor of objects, people, places, lives, and in their deeper, more mysterious interrelations is disclosed the larger shape of tragedy."--Eudora Welty Friday, November 22, 1963, in Escondido, California, begins with the discovery of ...
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"Laying sure hands on the daily is Wright Morris's forte. What the rest of us may have accepted too casually he sets upon with his own highly specialized focus. In this novel, more than ever, the texture of the day and hour, the fabric of speech, the pattern of action are used to show forth the humor of objects, people, places, lives, and in their deeper, more mysterious interrelations is disclosed the larger shape of tragedy."--Eudora Welty Friday, November 22, 1963, in Escondido, California, begins with the discovery of an infant in the adoption basket at the local animal pound. This calculated effort to shock the natives is silenced by the news from Dallas of an event calculated to shock the world. One Day is concerned with the way these two events are related and with the time that begins when conventional time seems to have stopped. The events of this day, both comical and horrifying, make the commonplace seem strange, and the strange familiar. To accommodate the present, the past must be reshuffled, and events accounted for defy accounting. One of the most distinguished American authors, Wright Morris (1910-1988) wrote thirty-three books including The Field of Vision , which won the National Book Award.
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Add this copy of One Day to cart. $6.50, good condition, Sold by Coas Books, Inc. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Las Cruces, NM, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by University of Nebraska Press.
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Add this copy of One Day to cart. $8.00, good condition, Sold by Gils Book Loft rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by Atheneum.
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Good++ No Jacket. 15500 shelf. No names, clean text. Designed by Harry Ford. good++, no dj, gold-stamped somewhat stained brown buckram. Tight 433 pgs.
Add this copy of One Day to cart. $10.00, very good condition, Sold by mcott rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by Atheneum.
Add this copy of One Day to cart. $12.48, fair condition, Sold by Once Upon A Time Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tontitown, AR, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by Atheneum.
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Fair. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
Add this copy of One Day to cart. $15.55, good condition, Sold by Folded Corner Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Endicott, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by Atheneum.
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Good-Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾-9¾Tall; Type: Book Tan cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Printer pink dyed top edge pages. Clean and tight pages with no markings in the book. Sticker residue on front inside cover. Price on front end page. 433 pages.
Add this copy of One Day to cart. $19.95, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES.
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Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Good dust jacket. Light pen marks on the Books by Wright Morris page at the front of the book. In protective mylar cover. (Abandoned Children, John F. Kennedy, Assassination, Fiction)
Add this copy of One Day to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hadley, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by Atheneum.
Add this copy of One Day to cart. $20.00, 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 1965 by Atheneum.
