Wise Blood -
Flannery O'Connor
1952 - Harcourt, New York - First Edition
‘Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it.’
A superb copy, and scarce in such a bright dust jacket without the usual toning, fading or chipping to the spine.
Considered a cornerstone of the southern-gothic genre, this lovely copy of O’Connor’s first book delves into themes of depression, sin, and redemption, while retaining a biting sense of humour. Listed among the Guardian’s list of the 100 greatest novels of all time, this is a powerful exploration of character and motivation, reminiscent in style to other masters such as Kafka, Waugh, and Faulkner. Flannery O’Connor (1925-64), author of the acclaimed novels Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away, three-time winner of the O. Henry Award and posthumous winner of the National Book Award for Fiction for The Complete Stories. ‘Among the strongest influences on O’Connor’s work were the writings of William Faulkner and Nathanael West, from whom she derived her conception of the grotesque in literature’. The novel was assembled from disparate stories first published in Mademoiselle, Sewanee Review and Partisan Review.
References: Penguin/Randomhouse, web.
Octavo (book size 21x14.5cm), pp. [2] 232 [6]. In publisher’s yellow cloth, spine lettered in grey. Dust jacket, priced ‘$3.00’ to upper corner of front flap, and publisher’s decorative clip to each corner. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket, very small splits to outer edges, short scratch to upper panel, mild wear to corners, no fading or toning to spine. Ref: 112092 Price: HK$ 45,000
A superb copy, and scarce in such a bright dust jacket without the usual toning, fading or chipping to the spine.
Considered a cornerstone of the southern-gothic genre, this lovely copy of O’Connor’s first book delves into themes of depression, sin, and redemption, while retaining a biting sense of humour. Listed among the Guardian’s list of the 100 greatest novels of all time, this is a powerful exploration of character and motivation, reminiscent in style to other masters such as Kafka, Waugh, and Faulkner. Flannery O’Connor (1925-64), author of the acclaimed novels Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away, three-time winner of the O. Henry Award and posthumous winner of the National Book Award for Fiction for The Complete Stories. ‘Among the strongest influences on O’Connor’s work were the writings of William Faulkner and Nathanael West, from whom she derived her conception of the grotesque in literature’. The novel was assembled from disparate stories first published in Mademoiselle, Sewanee Review and Partisan Review.
References: Penguin/Randomhouse, web.
Octavo (book size 21x14.5cm), pp. [2] 232 [6]. In publisher’s yellow cloth, spine lettered in grey. Dust jacket, priced ‘$3.00’ to upper corner of front flap, and publisher’s decorative clip to each corner. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket, very small splits to outer edges, short scratch to upper panel, mild wear to corners, no fading or toning to spine. Ref: 112092 Price: HK$ 45,000