| Description |
515 pages ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
The time is 1947. Sophie, a Polish Catholic beauty who survived Auschwitz, has settled in America. Stingo, a 22 year-old aspiring writer from Virginia, is drawn to Sophie and Nathan--a madly romantic couple whose instability and flamboyance utterly capture his imagination. The deeper Stingo sinks into these people's lives, the more he learns that each harbors terrible secrets |
| Notes |
"A limited edition of this book has been privately printed"--Title page verso |
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"Of the first [trade] edition ... five hundred copies have been specially bound. These books are signed by the author, and numbered 1 to 500"--Extra leaf at front. Issued in navy blue cloth with slipcase |
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Some copies of the first trade edition issued in light blue cloth with extra leaf at front stating: "This special edition has been prepared for presentation to the friends of the author and publisher." |
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National Book Award for Fiction, 1980 |
| Subject |
Good and evil -- Fiction.
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Holocaust survivors -- Fiction.
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Holocaust survivors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
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Young men -- Fiction.
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Young men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101896
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Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88028411 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101896
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| Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| LC no. |
78021835 |
| ISBN |
0394461096 |
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9780394461090 |
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