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The Human Country. New and Collected Stories.
Harry Mathews
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Description for The Human Country. New and Collected Stories.
Paperback. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 186 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
Available For The First Time In One Volume, The Very Best Of Mathews's Short Fiction; This expertly designed original paperback presents a comprehensive collection of internationally renowned poet and novelist Harry Mathews' short prose. From the hilarious 'The Broadcast, ' in which the narrator learns from a radio program that everything he needs in life should fit into one sock, to 'Calibration of Latitude, ' which follows Sir Joseph Pernican on a meandering and seemingly aimless but deeply moving journey, this is a long-awaited addition to Mathew's beloved and masterful canon.
Available For The First Time In One Volume, The Very Best Of Mathews's Short Fiction; This expertly designed original paperback presents a comprehensive collection of internationally renowned poet and novelist Harry Mathews' short prose. From the hilarious 'The Broadcast, ' in which the narrator learns from a radio program that everything he needs in life should fit into one sock, to 'Calibration of Latitude, ' which follows Sir Joseph Pernican on a meandering and seemingly aimless but deeply moving journey, this is a long-awaited addition to Mathew's beloved and masterful canon.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Series
American Literature Series
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564783219
SKU
V9781564783219
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About Harry Mathews
Born in New York in 1930, Harry Mathews settled in Europe in 1952 and has since then lived in Spain, Germany, Italy, and (chiefly) France. When Mathews published his first poems in 1956, he was associated with the so-called New York School of poets, with three of whom (John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, and James Schuyler) he founded the review Locus ... Read more
Reviews for The Human Country. New and Collected Stories.
"... a literary labyrinth that takes readers off the beaten path."
Publishers Weekly
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