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Condition: Good Cover has slight marks and stains and spine is severely faded. Book leans forward. Page edges have small stains. Ink inscriptions on pre-title page. Pages browning slightly at edges. Plot / Content: This the first British paperback edition of the second version of this book, issued in 1965 with a different ending. from the Wikipedia article on this book: "The City and the Pillar is the third published novel by American writer and essayist Gore Vidal written in 1946 and published on January 10, 1948. The story is about a young man who is coming of age and discovers his own homosexuality. "The City and the Pillar is significant because it is recognized as the first post-World War II novel whose openly gay and well-adjusted protagonist is not killed off at the end of the story for defying social norms. It is also recognized as one of the "definitive war-influenced gay novels," being one of the few books dealing directly with male homosexuality. In addition, it was among the few gay novels reprinted in inexpensive paperback from as early as the 1950s." Background / Biography: Vidal, born 3 October 1925, is one of the United States' most prolific authors and trenchant political and social commentators. Wikipedia entry Reviews: "The City and the Pillar is a serious work of literature. The theme is most sensitively handled, the writing always sober and responsible, quickens often to a lyrical tone, and the detail is closely observed . . . the book is impressive, especially from so young a writer, and its success in America has been solid and well earned.' L A G Strong in The Spectator (UK) "Few readers will put down this book unmoved or untaught." The New York Herald Tribune (from the dustjacket of the 1950 British hardback edition) Clicking on advertiser links on this site may allow these companies to gather and use information about your visit to this and other websites to provide you with advertisements about goods and services presumed to be of interest to you. |
Quote from this book "The moment was strange. There was no reality in the bar; there was no longer solidity; all things merged, one into the other. The moment was strange. He sat alone in the booth, listening to music. Music came out of a red plastic box, lighted within: all kinds of music. Some of it he remembered; some of the songs he had heard in other places. The words he could not longer understand but he knew what the songs meant and he knew their associations. He was getting drunk and he listened to music. With one finger he traced designs on the wooden table. His glass of whisky and water and ice had slopped over and the top of the table was interesting now: islands and rivers and occasional lakes made the top of the table a continent. he made a circle out of a lake; he formed two rivers from the circle. He flooded and destroyed and island, creating a lake. There were so many thnigs that could be done with whisky and water on a table. The jukebox stopped playing." opening paragraphs Secondhand booksellers |
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