In his carnivalesque and riotously inventive Pricksongs & Descants Robert Coover remakes old stories: of Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, and Beauty (who married her Beast and spends a lifetime suffering his doggy stink). And he reshapes his own: a man makes repeating, re-imagined journeys in an office elevator (while his fellow riders taunt and tempt him), and in the seminal, fractal 'The Babysitter' every moment in a single night is played and replayed, every hope and threat of sex and violence done and undone. Coover ...
Read More
In his carnivalesque and riotously inventive Pricksongs & Descants Robert Coover remakes old stories: of Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, and Beauty (who married her Beast and spends a lifetime suffering his doggy stink). And he reshapes his own: a man makes repeating, re-imagined journeys in an office elevator (while his fellow riders taunt and tempt him), and in the seminal, fractal 'The Babysitter' every moment in a single night is played and replayed, every hope and threat of sex and violence done and undone. Coover's dark, wilfil, comic imagination revels brilliantly in contradictions, a master of chaos.
Read Less
Add this copy of Pricksongs and Descants to cart. $9.49, fair condition, Sold by St. Vinnie's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eugene, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Minerva.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Acceptable. Hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Acceptable reading copy with obvious signs of use, wear, and/or cosmetic issues. Item is complete and remains readable despite notable condition issues.
Add this copy of Pricksongs & Descants to cart. $12.95, good condition, Sold by Taos Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Fe, NM, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by New American Library.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good ++ Sunned spine, one crease in spine, wear at bottom of spine, former owner's name written in ink on inside of cover; text square in spine, unmarked, no rips or tears, 256 pages; a Plume book, yellow cover with red and purple lettering.
Add this copy of Pricksongs and Descants (Picador Books) to cart. $15.09, good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1973 by Macmillan.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
Add this copy of Pricksongs & Descants. Fictions to cart. $19.00, good condition, Sold by Robin Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kingston, ON, CANADA.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good. Hardcover Very Good Standard used condition May have some wear, highlighting, notes, creasing, previous owner's name, etc May or may not include supplements such as infotrac or other web access codes (the dust cover may be missing) Fast & reliable delivery Exceptional customer service.
Add this copy of Pricksongs & Descants to cart. $20.71, new condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 2011 by Penguin Classics.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
New. Remakes old stories: of Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, and Beauty (who married her Beast and spends a lifetime suffering his doggy stink). Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 192. 2011. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of Pricksongs and Descants to cart. $22.99, good condition, Sold by Robin Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kingston, ON, CANADA, published 1973 by Macmillan.
Add this copy of Pricksongs & Descants: Fictions to cart. $25.00, good condition, Sold by Black Cat Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sag Harbor, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Jonathan Cape.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good in Good jacket. Book Hardbound in clipped dust jacket. 1st UK edition. Dust jacket shows mild wear & some staining. Some foxing to end pages, otherwise very good.
Add this copy of Pricksongs and Descants Fictions (First Edition) to cart. $28.84, fair condition, Sold by Cambridge Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, Gloucestershire, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1979 by E.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fair. 1979. E.P. Dutton and Co. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE DJ; Acceptable, edgewear. DJ marked. Bookplate. Previous owners name stamped in book. Foxing and marks on pages and page edges. 8x5.
Add this copy of Pricksongs & Descants: Fictions to cart. $30.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by New American Library.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good. First edition. Trade paperback. A few pages faintly foxed, text block edges lightly soiled, top corners slightly bumped, covers with mild edgewear, very good. A Plume Book. Author's third book and first collection of short fiction.
Add this copy of Pricksongs and Descants to cart. $31.79, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Penguin Books.
Terrific!
Fabulous!
Take Fairy Tales and Stories we read as Children and transform them into Adult Fiction.
You never know where the story is going to go.
You know the Fairy Tale.....but read this book and get an entirely different perspective.
This author really takes you on a trip that you could never imagine in a 1,000 years.
