They Came Like Swallows **SIGNED Modern Library**

Maxwell, William

ISBN 10: 067960247X / ISBN 13: 9780679602477

Edité par Modern Library, New York, 1997

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First Modern Library Edition, First Printing with full number line. SIGNED BY WILLIAM MAXWELL on the title page. Book and dust jacket are FLAWLESS in every way. When this book came out in 1997 I was obsessed with William Maxwell and I bought several copies of this SIGNED edition direct from the publisher. They have not been read or even handled except to install archival-quality dust jacket covers. A beautiful edition by the Modern Library and extremely rare.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: They Came Like Swallows **SIGNED Modern Library**
• Éditeur: Modern Library, New York
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 067960247X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780679602477
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: New
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)

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     To eight-year old Bunny Morison, his mother is an angelic comforter in whose absence nothing is real or alive.  To his older brother, Robert, his mother is someone he must protect, especially since the deadly, influenza epidemic of 1918 is ravaging their small Midwestern town.  To James Morison, his wife, Elizabeth, is the center of a life that would disintegrate all too suddenly were she to disappear. 
   Through the eyes of these characters, William Maxwell creates a sensitive portrait of an American family and of the complex woman who is its emotional pillar.  Beautifully observed, deftly rendering the civilities and constraints of a vanished era, They Came Like Swallows measures the subterranean currents of love and need that run through all our lives.  The result confirms Maxwell's reputation as one of the finest writers we have.