Add this copy of Waking Slow to cart. $10.00, very good condition, Sold by Robert Harper Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hyattsville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Random House.
Add this copy of Waking Slow to cart. $12.00, like new condition, Sold by Longhouse, Pub. & Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Brattleboro, VT, UNITED STATES, published by Random House, 1972.
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SIGNED. Close to fine and bright in like dustjacket. Review copy with review card attached to opening flyleaf. Once owned by the poet Joseph Langland who has fully signed his copy above the review slip. The author's second book.
Add this copy of Waking Slow to cart. $16.00, very good condition, Sold by ZENO'S rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Random House.
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New York. 1972. Random House. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket with Some Internal Tape Repair. 0394475933. 276 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Joseph del Gaudio. keywords: Literature America. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Carter White, the central character in Michael Mewshaw's second novel, undergoes a series of traumatic experiences which compel him to forsake the glib self-confidence and fashionable pessimism which often seem interchangeable poses for people his age. Instead he spends two years groping with the universal problems of death, love, and birth. After his parents die suddenly, and he is injured in an accident in Vietnam, he returns to civilian life and falls in love with Elaine Yost, who, he believes, will help him forget what has happened. But fate intervenes, forcing them into a period of intense emotional revelation. Despite their doubts, they remain together and move to Los Angeles for anonymity. There they find themselves among others who are left out, a congregation of the lonely, and suffering an even keener dislocation, the two young people realize that they have little in common with their contemporaries and less with the preceding generation. Together they learn there is no way to avoid the demands of love, no escape from the consequences of personal decisions, and no substitute for the elemental energy and endurance which keep people alive when there appears to be no reason. Though the novel's theme is serious, Michael Mewshaw has not lost the gift of outrageous humor for which critics praised his first book, Man in Motion. Especially in Eddie Brown, the shyster-Svengali who tries to harry Carter out of his depression, the reader will recognize a character of rare comic inventiveness, and as indicated by Mr. Mewshaw's uncanny eye for grotesque details and ear for the corrosive wit of current slang, he is often most serious and incisive when he is funny. But while he captures in vivid scenes absurd charades of contemporary life, he never forgets that they are played out by flesh, and, blood people, whose only crime is to act all too human in inhuman circumstances. Written with compassion, maturity, and intelligence, Waking Slow speaks vitally of truths which are by no means restricted to these times or to the young. inventory #5620.
Add this copy of Waking Slow to cart. $20.40, very good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Random House.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. First edition. Minor wear on the covers, corner, and the edges. Like shelf wear. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
Add this copy of Waking Slow to cart. $31.72, good condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 1974 by Quartet Books.
Add this copy of Waking Slow to cart. $43.50, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Random House.
Add this copy of Waking Slow to cart. $350.00, 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 1972 by Random House.
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Very Good in Fine jacket. First edition. Some sunning to the boards, and foxing to the endpapers and foredge, else very good in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Mewshaw to author James Jones and his wife: "To Jim & Gloria once again for hospitality & generosity in Paris. Michael Mewshaw. Paris, May 1973."
