FEATHER CROWNS - Scarce Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed by Bobbie Ann Mason - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE

Mason, Bobbie Ann

ISBN 10: 0060167807 / ISBN 13: 9780060167806

Edité par New York City, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993, 1993

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1st Printing. Signed. 454 pages. Published in 1993. The author's third novel. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Bobbie Ann Mason's "Feather Crowns". A triumph. "In her longest, most ambitious work, Bobbie Ann Mason chronicles the spiritual and emotional journey taken by Christie Wheeler, a Kentucky farmer's wife who gives birth to quintuplets in the spring of 1900. The evocative physical detail, tart dialogue, wry humor and striking ability to capture the rich complexity of working people's lives that distinguished Mason's earlier books are linked to a more overtly philosophical quest for meaning that marks this novel as an exciting extension of the writer's already considerable talents. The novel is a meditation on modern celebrity culture: Hordes of people take the train to gawk at the infants, and in one truly shocking moment, a man enters through a window and disturbs the nursing Christie" (Publisher's Weekly and our comments). As long as the novel is, it goes down smoothly in one or several readings. An absolute "must-have" title for Bobbie Ann Mason collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Bobbie Ann Mason. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER BOBBIE ANN MASON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0060167807.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: FEATHER CROWNS - Scarce Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed by Bobbie Ann Mason - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE
• Éditeur: New York City, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993
• Date de parution: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0060167807
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780060167806
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Signé: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

Book by Mason Bobbie Ann

Présentation de l'éditeur

Set in the apocalyptic atmosphere of 1900--a time when many Americans were looking for signs foretelling the end of the world-- Feather Crowns is the story of a young woman who unintentionally creates a national sensation. A farm wife living near the small town of Hopewell, Kentucky, Christianna Wheeler gives birth to the first recorded set of quintuplets in North America.

Christie is suddenly thrown into a swirling storm of public attention. Thousands of strangers descend on her home, all wanting too see and touch the "miracle babies." One visitor crawls right in through the window! The fate of the babies and the bizarre events that follow their births propel Christie and her husband far from home, on a journey that exposes them to the turbulent pageant of life at the beginning of the modern era.

Richly detailed and poignant, Feather Crowns focuses on one woman but opens out ultimately into the chronicle of a time and a people. Written in Bobbie Ann Mason's taut yet lyrical prose, the novel ranges from a peaceful farming community to a fire-and-brimstone revival camp, from seamy traveling shows to the hushed precincts of the nation's capital. Moving through the center of it all is Christie, a charming, headstrong, loving woman who struggles heroically to come to terms with the extraordinary events of her long life.

Feather Crowns is an American parable of profound resonance. Spellbindingly readable, it is a novel of classic stature destined to confirm Bobbie Ann Mason as one of America's most important writers.