In the title novella, Williams offers her version of paradise: A woman runs off with a man on an enchanted journey across an enchanted landscape to an enchanted house, where their time is spent proving all the pleasures - eating, drinking, bathing, slumbering, and coupling - and where fantastic creatures, ravishing objects, and enthralling notions present themselves. But this sensual, blissful tale also becomes, in the female narrator's artful telling, a vehicle of discovery as she passes from state to state eluding our ...
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In the title novella, Williams offers her version of paradise: A woman runs off with a man on an enchanted journey across an enchanted landscape to an enchanted house, where their time is spent proving all the pleasures - eating, drinking, bathing, slumbering, and coupling - and where fantastic creatures, ravishing objects, and enthralling notions present themselves. But this sensual, blissful tale also becomes, in the female narrator's artful telling, a vehicle of discovery as she passes from state to state eluding our expectations of her. The novella, Williams's first longer work, is accompanied by forty-nine short pieces, all of them superbly wry and knowing instances of the sudden fiction for which she is renowned.
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Add this copy of The Stupefaction: Stories and a Novella to cart. $11.03, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Knopf Publishing Group.
Add this copy of The Stupefaction: Stories and a Novella to cart. $11.03, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Knopf Publishing Group.
Add this copy of The Stupefaction: Stories and a Novella to cart. $11.03, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Knopf Publishing Group.
Add this copy of The Stupefaction: Stories and a Novella to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Chaparral Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Knopf.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x5x0; Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Includes review copy info & photo of author. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
Add this copy of The Stupefaction to cart. $20.00, 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 1996 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof. Printed wrappers. Wraps and text block curling, else near fine. Literary author's third book, a novella and stories. Publisher's material stapled to interior cover.
Add this copy of The Stupefaction: Stories and a Novella to cart. $23.00, very good condition, Sold by Bay Used Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sudbury, ON, CANADA, published 1996 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very good condition. Light wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Dust jacket in very good condition. Pictures available upon request. AP.
Add this copy of The Stupefaction: Stories and a Novella to cart. $27.00, like new condition, Sold by Brian Bauld (B-Line Books) rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Amherst, NS, CANADA, published 1996 by Knopf.
Add this copy of The Stupefaction: Stories and a Novella to cart. $30.69, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1996 by Alfred A Knopf Inc.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN: 9780679441861.
Add this copy of The Stupefaction: Stories and a Novella to cart. $42.62, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Knopf.
Add this copy of The Stupefaction: Stories and a Novella to cart. $52.00, very good condition, Sold by Half Moon Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kingston, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Knopf.
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Very good. Signed. First Edition. Signed gift inscription from author Diane Williams on half title page that reads "For Charlie! With warm good wishes, Diane 5. 9-96". Stated First Edition (1996). Also included is a brief, unsigned note on official Alfred A. Knoph letterhead that reads "Do not know how we missed eachother w/ STORY QUARTERLY! ! be in touch.". Dust jacket shows some light scuffing and shelf wear but is overall in great condition.
