Hardcover in dj. 8vo. 312 pp. Inscribed in blue ink by Sontag on the half title page to Bill [Cahan], prominent anti-smoking activist and husband of critic Grace Mirabella: " 'gaiety transfiguring / all that dread...' / for Bill - / 'All things fall and / are built again, / and those that build / them again are gay / from Susan / December / 1975." Black boards, quarter white cloth, black lettering to spine. Dj very good but for a one inch loss at head of spine and small nicks to lower edge; white cloth very slightly stained at extremities, otherwise very fine throughout.
First published in 1967, Susan Sontag's second novel is a classic of modern fiction, her very American take on the French nouveau-roman.
Hardcover in dj. 8vo. 312 pp. Inscribed in blue ink by Sontag on the half title page to Bill [Cahan], prominent anti-smoking activist and husband of critic Grace Mirabella: " 'gaiety transfiguring / all that dread...' / for Bill - / 'All things fall and / are built again, / and those that build / them again are gay / from Susan / December / 1975." Black boards, quarter white cloth, black lettering to spine. Dj very good but for a one inch loss at head of spine and small nicks to lower edge; white cloth very slightly stained at extremities, otherwise very fine throughout.
First published in 1967, Susan Sontag's second novel is a classic of modern fiction, her very American take on the French nouveau-roman.