Buy this book on-line Tighe, Carl : REJOICE! AND OTHER STORIESJonathan Cape, 1993 ISBN 9780224030236
A highly collectible first edition protected in a new brodart wrapper, not price clipped, an ex-lib or book club edition, no markings throughout. This debut collection from a young British writer displays a remarkable variety of styles and subjects. Tighe is a restless experimenter, using a different approach for each of his 12 short stories. Donald Barthelme's influence is obvious here, especially in "Bug Out," whose numbered paragraphs read like a series of TV interviews, and in "1950: The Year of the Tiger," ostensibly a list of facts that might be found in a reference book, and Tighe's unusual characters--including a Dutch priest obsessed with birds, an Englishman drafted into the Vietnam war and an anal- retentive child, "A Kiss at the Crossroads," an elliptical account of a widower's coming to terms with his wife's death, is sharply observed and efficiently told., Fine/Near Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Tighe, Carl : REJOICE! AND OTHER STORIES. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, out of print books, livres d'occasion, first editions and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |