About this title: In this memoir, novelist Alison Lurie remembers the relationship between poet James Merrill and his partner David Jackson. In particular, she recalls their inspiring encounters with the supernatural during their experimentation with a Ouija board that led to Merrill's THE CHANGING LIGHT AT SANDOVER. She also discusses Jackson's role in the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 02/2001
ISBN-13:9780670894598ISBN:0670894591
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 181 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2001-02-19
ISBN-13:9780670894598ISBN:0670894591
Description: Like New. Minimal wear. May have price sticker and small mark on top or bottom edge. Reliable seller. Fast shipping from central Texas (Austin area). All international orders ship by airmail. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2001-02-19
ISBN-13:9780670894598ISBN:0670894591
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Description: Very Good. 0142000450 some wear to covers and edges, some scuffing books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Description: Like New. 2001-Hardcover-May contain minor shelf-wear. Otherwise, volume un-read and in "As-New" condition. -Used-Like New-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
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Description: Fine. By Lurie, Alison; ISBN: 0670894591; Pub. : Viking Books; Pub. Date: 2001; Media: Hard cover; Fine in fine dust jacket. Mint condition.; Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 181 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. by Lurie, Alison; ISBN: 0670894591; Pub. : Viking Books; Pub. Date: 2001; Media: Hard cover; Fine in fine dust jacket. Mint condition.; Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 181 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780142000458ISBN:0142000450
Description: Very Good. This book is in very good condition. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The cover has bumps and scuffs. It has been dented in the center. There is no creasing on the spine. read more
Edition: First Edition (full number line)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670894598ISBN:0670894591
Description: Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. Clean, unmarked pages. Tight binding. Photo illustrated dust jacket has just light wear and rubbing, and tiny (1/4") chip on bottom back. Remainder mark. Overall, a nice copy. The Pulitzer prize-winning author knew James Merrill and David Jackson for more than 40 years. Her account of Merrill and Jackson's peculiar relationship with the supernatural and its tragic end stands as a poignant memorial to her lost friends. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670894598ISBN:0670894591
Description: Fine/Fine DJ/Fine. 0-670-89459-1. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Viking
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780965018432ISBN:0965018431
Description: New. Brand New, Paperback, clean, tight, unmarked, no spine or cover creases A memoir of James Merrill and David Jackson and a Ouija board. North American Orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. International orders are shipped on Tuesdays and Friday's. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670894598ISBN:0670894591
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Excellent copy. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding is tight. Like New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 181 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking, New York
Date Published: 2001
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Used: Like New. The author won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for 'Foreign Affairs'. Her account of Merrill and Jackson's relationship with the supernatural and its tragic end will not only suprise many readers, it will also stand as a poignant memorial to her lost friends. A very attractive book. read more
"Provocative exploration of the relationship between Merrill and Jackson, writers with talent and promise. Their interest in the occult eventually destroyed them."
"This is a book about the life of poet James Merrill and his partner David Jackson through the eyes of their friend Alison Lurie. She became their friend by a slim margin of association, they knew her and invited her to have tea, her brutish husband was trying to pull her away and suddenly she saw him through their eyes. It was the antidote that brought me into this book for I've never read James Merrill. She was in their life, they were her supports on her writing journey, so we get to view their tragic love story through her eyes. And indeed it is a sad story. At the end they each spiraled out, James into the arms of a man not good for him, also he somehow contracted HIV. Jack into the world of drugs and abusive relationships. They did much good in the world for poetry and literature. It is a sad book and eventually I hope to read more of James Merrill's poetry."
"Mostly moving and partly pointless. Recalls a moment when poets mattered and a love that might not have mattered so much had Lurie not taken the time to recall it. Although Lurie's writing is good, Merrill's poetry, amply quoted, is the true star."
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