Binding: Paperbound
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780143113379ISBN:0143113372
Description: Paperbound Acceptable conditoin. Light wear. Slight wrinkling of fore-edge area of last 25 or so pages. Marker line on bottom edges. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780143113379ISBN:0143113372
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Name is written on the first page. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 210 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780143113379ISBN:0143113372
Description: Good. Light bumped corners and shelf wear. Inside is clean. About this title: Short stories about the contemporary American West, by the winner of the 1996 Paris Review New Discovery Prize. From Library Journal: Gilbert's first collection of short stories is remarkable for its breadth, range of setting, and subject matter. Each world her characters inhabit, whether ranchlands in the West or the Bronx Terminal Vegetable Market, is authentic and fully realized. Her stories do not finish with ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 2007-09-25
ISBN-13:9780143113379ISBN:0143113372
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780143113379. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1997-09-10
ISBN-13:9780395836231ISBN:0395836239
Description: New. New! ** Book will be mailed in bubble for a safe journey! ((((shelf # 31))))*** 13 Years of online selling experience! ! **** Customer satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780747598251ISBN:0747598258
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 224 pages. Now elizabeth gilbert's thousands of uk fans can enjoy her very first book-a collection of short stories of memorable individuals pursuing their own american pilgrimage (Paperback) read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co., Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780395836231ISBN:0395836239
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Binding is tight, the spine ends are bumped, particularly the top of the spine; little wear besides. Bound in vibrant blue hardcovers, with a red cloth 1/4 spine upon which the title is gilded. Dust jacket the corners and spine ends are lightly bumped. "Brodarted" for preservation. Text is clean. 210 pages. read more
Edition: F
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780395836231ISBN:0395836239
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First Edition (first printing). The first book by the author of STERN MEN and EAT, PRAY, LOVE, a well-received story collection. Fine/Fine. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780395836231ISBN:0395836239
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 9/10/1997
ISBN-13:9780395836231ISBN:0395836239
Description: New. 1997 FIRST EDITION with all numbers. Hardback w/ DJ. You are buying a Book in NEW condition with very light shelf wear to include very light edge and corner wear. Buy it Now! ! ! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. Please remember to CHOOSE carefully how QUICKLY you would like to RECEIVE this material FAST, or standard (on next page). Thanks again! ! ! ! read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780395836231ISBN:0395836239
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0395836239. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780395836231ISBN:0395836239
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0395836239. Signed by Gilbert. The first book by the author of the Last American Man, and Eat, Pray, Love. A short story collection follows the fortunes of a diverse group of characters on singularly American pilgrimages, including an East Coast girl who dares a cowboy to whisk her away to the Rocky Mountains.; Signed by Author. read more
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author(s) First Edition (first printing). The debut story collection by the author of EAT, PRAY, LOVE and THE LAST AMERICAN MAN. Included are winners of Paris Review and Pushcart Prizes. Fine/Fine. Signed by Gilbert. read more
"A collection of short stories in which every character is imperfect, every setting ripe for change. There's quite a bit of foul language throughout the stories. I didn't finish reading them all, much like The Fire King there's not much happiness to be found here. T's a pretty harsh version of reality that the author presents, and I don't see that she leaves too much room for hope.
According to the back cover I was supposed to find some comedy in the sad situations of the characters - in the lives of abused children, in the face of impending death of a loved one, in the lonely cross country trip of children striking out on their own. I only found desperation and sadness."
"While I thought the first three stories were dynamite, the rest of the book has disappointed me. The stories seem like line after line of dialog .. and not terribly interesting at that."
"I really like Elizabeth Gilbert's writing style, but after reading this much anticipated book, I feel her true gift is in writing non-fiction. I would have stopped much earlier had she not been the author...."
"I'm beginning to think that Elizabeth Gilbert has one main protagonist character in most of her stories. The tough, tomboy, rough-talking female. The placement of the short stories in this book didn't help its cause any-- the first several were so similar in setting that you felt like you'd already read it before.
But I still found myself skipping around, even when the stories began to vary slightly.
She is gifted with dialogue, I'll give her that (all the f-bombs she throws around are a distraction though). But, still, after her own personal memoir, a disappointment."
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