"These stories will last," said Raymond Carver of Shiloh and Other Stories when it was first published, and almost two decades later this stunning fiction debut and winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award has become a modern American classic. In Shiloh, Bobbie Ann Mason introduces us to her western Kentucky people and the lives they forge for themselves amid the ups and downs of contemporary American life, and she poignantly captures the growing pains of the New South in the lives of her characters as they come to terms with ...
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"These stories will last," said Raymond Carver of Shiloh and Other Stories when it was first published, and almost two decades later this stunning fiction debut and winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award has become a modern American classic. In Shiloh, Bobbie Ann Mason introduces us to her western Kentucky people and the lives they forge for themselves amid the ups and downs of contemporary American life, and she poignantly captures the growing pains of the New South in the lives of her characters as they come to terms with feminism, R-rated movies, and video games. "Bobbie Ann Mason is one of those rare writers who, by concentrating their attention on a few square miles of native turf, are able to open up new and surprisingly wide worlds for the delighted reader," said Robert Towers in The New York Review of Books .
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Add this copy of Shiloh: and Other Stories to cart. $37.00, very good condition, Sold by BookHouse On-Line rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group).
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 5x8x1; First Printing 1983, no other printings indicated. Very good hardcover with VG DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. A solid copy. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Add this copy of Shiloh: and Other Stories to cart. $125.00, very good condition, Sold by Brenner's Collectable Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manasquan, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Chatto & Windus: The Hogarth Press.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo., 247pp. Sharp First British Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout. A shallow indentation line along the front board which is carries from the dust-jacket. Barely noticeable in the picture. May be a printing defect. Page edges toning as usual. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (£7.95 net), has that same indentation but no other wear. fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. Inscribed and Signed by the author on the title page, "To the College of Notre Dame, Bobbie Ann Mason". A sharp, collectable copy of the author's first book of fiction.
