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1	How German is It: Wie Deutsch Ist Es: A Novel more books like this by Walter Abish The novel tells the story of two brothers in the postwar "new Germany" whose father was executed for plotting against Hitler. Helmuth is an earnest municipal architect, and Ulrich is a writer involved with a terrorist group that destroys buildings like the ones Helmuth builds. Abish's novel won the PEN/Faulkner Award when it was published in 1980. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Playboy Helmut Newton more books like this by Hugh M Hefner (Foreword by), Gary Cole (Afterword by), Walter Abish (Introduction by) Following "Playboy's" celebrated 50th anniversary "Photographs" and "Cartoons" comes an arresting retrospective of Helmut Newton, one of the 20th century's most influential photographers. 150+ photos in color and b&w. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $16.49! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Eclipse Fever more books like this by Walter Abish Abish's novel is set in contemporary Mexico, among the social and intellectual elite. The cast of characters includes a literary critic who is no longer taken seriously, his estranged wife, the American writer with whom she is having an affair, the writer's runaway daughter, and an unscrupulous art dealer. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Alphabetical Africa more books like this by Walter Abish In Abish's highly experimental novel, a group of lowlifes go on a crime spree, after which they are forced to take refuge in Africa. The narrator crosses international boundaries in pursuit of the woman who turned them in. Abish tells the story using the device of limiting each chapter's linguistic resources: Chapter One contains only words ... see all copies from $7.94! new only from $12.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Double Vision: A Self-Portrait more books like this by Walter Abish German writer Walter Abish writes about his childhood in Vienna, as his Jewish family fled the Nazis for Singapore, and Abish learned to interpret the often confusing information he encountered. Abish alternates points of view, presenting himself as a child ("The Writer-to-be") and as his present self ("The Writer"), both past and present selves ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
6	Dark Laughter more books like this by Bradford Morrow (Editor), Walter Abish (Editor), Chinua Achebe (Editor) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.04! \| first editions \| SVS
7	99, the New Meaning more books like this by Walter Abish, Cecile Abish (Photographer) This curious work is comprised of five sections, each of which was composed using only portions of the works of other writers. In 99, each part of the pastiche comes from page 99 of some other work, a number Abish considers "mystically significant." see all copies from $6.18! new only from $7.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Faces of Desire more books like this by Bradford Morrow (Editor), Walter Abish (Editor), Chinua Achebe (Editor) Text by Mary Gaitskill, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Mary Caponegro, Carole Maso, Brian Evenson, Robert Olen Butler, Donald Revell, H.G. Carrillo. see all copies from $2.25! new only from $4.37! \| SVS
9	In the future perfect more books like this by Walter Abish Anti-realist stories dominated by the author's ingenious use of language. see all copies from $3.70! signed copies \| first editions
10	Minds Meet more books like this by Walter Abish see all copies from $4.19! signed copies \| first editions
11	Fifty Contemporary Writers more books like this by Bradford Morrow (Editor), Walter Abish (Editor), Chinua Achebe (Editor) Winner of the 2007 PEN/Nora Magid Award for Excellence in Literary Editing. Winner of a 2007 O. Henry Prize for Best Short Story. Winner of two 2007 Pushcart Prizes for Fiction, and four Special Mentions. Honored with two 2007 "Harper's" Readings selections. And now, in Spring 2008, "Conjunctions" publishes its milestone fiftieth issue and offers ... see all copies from $5.75! new only from $8.78! \| SVS
12	A Writers' Aviary more books like this by Bradford Morrow (Editor), Walter Abish (Editor), Chinua Achebe (Editor) From the mythic phoenix rising from the ashes to the bird of paradise, which, according both to legend and Linnaeus, remained in flight its whole life, birds have set imaginations soaring. The sacred quetzal, the authoritative bald eagle, the wise owl, the gothic raven--there isn't a species that has failed to inspire us symbol-crazy, earthbound ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $7.85! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Conjuntions: 10 by Bradford Morrow (Editor), Ann Lauterbach (Editor), Walter Abish (Editor) see all copies from $7.00!
14	How German is It=wie Deutsch Ist Es more books like this by Walter Abish The novel tells the story of two brothers in the postwar "new Germany" whose father was executed for plotting against Hitler. Helmuth is an earnest municipal architect, and Ulrich is a writer involved with a terrorist group that destroys buildings like the ones Helmuth builds. Abish's novel won the PEN/Faulkner Award when it was published in 1980. see all copies from $6.00!
15	Tan Alemanas/How German is It by Walter Abish see all copies from $32.45! new only from $45.75!
16	How German is it more books like this by Walter Abish see all copies from $4.46! new only from $8.99! \| first editions
17	The Contemporary American Fiction more books like this by Gilbert Sorrentino, Douglas Messerli (Editor), Walter Abish see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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