Brilliantly imagined and deftly executed, this provocative literary fable of lust and obsession is the tale of two sets of brothers, one of each pair blessed with beauty and grace and the other physically cursed: two mothers, one an icy queen of a frozen kingdom and the other obsessed with her thousands of birds; two riddles spun by a mysterious Persian; and Amalasuntha, the Princess whose father has placed her on top of a glass mountain to protect her from the lust of men, including his own. A taut and feverish tale of ...
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Brilliantly imagined and deftly executed, this provocative literary fable of lust and obsession is the tale of two sets of brothers, one of each pair blessed with beauty and grace and the other physically cursed: two mothers, one an icy queen of a frozen kingdom and the other obsessed with her thousands of birds; two riddles spun by a mysterious Persian; and Amalasuntha, the Princess whose father has placed her on top of a glass mountain to protect her from the lust of men, including his own. A taut and feverish tale of Oedipal tension and transformation that reverberates with the power of myth and folklore, The Glass Mountain is an astounding allegory for our time.
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Add this copy of The Glass Mountain to cart. $2.44, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Overlook Press.
Add this copy of The Glass Mountain [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING] to cart. $13.95, like new condition, Sold by MostlySignedBooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Overlook Press.
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Near fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed "For Avi with thanks for making my visit to Cody's lovely" by the author on the title page. 1st edition, no numberline (1st printing). Dust jacket is fine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. Book is fine except for faint dusting to the edges of the pageblock. A novel by the late O. Henry Award-, Anne Radcliffe Award-, and James Phelan Poetry Prize-winning author of "The Annotated Dracula" and "The False Messiah". Uncommon 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 The Glass Mountain to cart. $13.95, very good condition, Sold by David Segal rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brooklyn, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Overlook Press.
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Signed by author. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. Dec 1993 hc 1st ed warmly inscribed (which always means to a particular person) by author on 1/2 title pg. Tiny tear and light tanning on dj, a bit of sunning on cover, else fine.
Add this copy of The Glass Mountain: a Novel to cart. $29.56, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Overlook Books.
