About this title: Katherine Forrester Vigneras, in a continuation of her story from The Small Rain, returns to New York City from Europe to retire. Now in her seventies, she encounters an old friend from her Greenwich Village days who, it turns out, is the former Bishop of New York. He asks Katherine to give a benefit concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. This leads to new demands on her resources--human, artistic, psychological, and spiritual--that are entirely unexpected.
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780374517830ISBN:0374517835
Description: Very Good. Photos: We now have a scanner in-shop and can provide you with a picture of this item if you do not currently see one. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Date Published: 1982
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Edition: third Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1983-11-01
ISBN-13:9780374517830ISBN:0374517835
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus And Giroux
ISBN-13:9780374517830ISBN:0374517835
Description: VG+ Used, Like New in VG+ jacket. SOFT COVER, VG+/VG+, Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 1983, Indicated as printing #6, 1987, 1.1 in. H x 7.5 in. L x 5.1 in. W, 14.1 oz. This copy has very minimal signs of use, appears to have been very lightly read, is in Excellent Condition Overall. Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN-13:9780374517830ISBN:0374517835
Description: New. 0374517835 Cover has very little shelf wear. No spine seams. No remainder mark. Pages are clean with no markings, no creases and no dog-ears. Trade Paperback. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1983-11-01
ISBN-13:9780374517830ISBN:0374517835
Description: Good. Binding is firm and square. Front cover in creased. P/O's name on inside cover. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers slightly scuffed and creased; moderate edge wear/ a few page tips creased/ corners and spine creased. read more
Description: Very Good. Noonday Press, TPB, 1982, 14th PB printing (1996). Almost like new, clean, tight, no markings or highlighting, minimal wear, price sticker remnant on front cover. read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 388 pgs in vg reading condition w/slight wear on top corner edges; copyright pg missing; cover has slight wear on edges, no crease in spine read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Noonday, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780374517830ISBN:0374517835
Description: Very Good. Eighth printing, light creases on spine, spine curves, white cover has some yellowing, pages uncreased, not a remainder. read more
Description: Very Good. No dust jacket, as issued. near fine, has very minor bend on lower front cover. Unknown printing. 1. 07" x 7. 59" x 5. 12". read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, New York, USA
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780374517830ISBN:0374517835
Description: Good. No Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. BF2-A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated white wraps with very light yellowing on the outside paper edges plus the is some light creasing on the spine plus there is some very, very light edge wear around the covers' edges. A novel set in New York city. The main character, a woman in her 70s and a concert pianist, has retired to New York City. An encounter with an old friend leads to her giving a benefit at the Cathedral of St. ... read more
"I don't know why this says it's an Austin Family book; it isn't. It's a sequel to A Small Rain. Although this book, written much later in L'Engle's life, is more mature in style, I liked it less than A Small Rain, which was her first published book. The story moves from Europe to New York and centers around a church there, and I think that I'm just not that interested in the new setting. I read it because I really wanted to see Katherine, the main character, grown up. I still would recommend it if you like L'Engle. It didn't interest me as much personally, but the writing was quite good. Oh, and I should say that I was fascinated and also horrified to read the George Orwell quote from which the title comes: "I thought of a rather cruel trick I once played on a wasp. He was sucking jam on my plate, and I cut him in half. He paid no attention, merely went on with his meal, while a tiny stream of jam trickled out of his severed esophagus. Only when he tried to fly away did he grasp the dreadful thing that had happened to him. It is the same with modern man. The thing that has been cut away is his soul, and there was a period -- twenty years, perhaps -- when he did not notice it." -"Notes On The Way", George Orwell: The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters. Volume Two"
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