| The God of Nightmares Contributor(s): Fox, Paula (Author), Brown, Rosellen (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0393322874 ISBN-13: 9780393322873 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: In 1941, 23-year-old Helen Bynum leaves home and sets out from rural New York to find her Aunt Lulu, an aging actress in New Orleans. There she finds a life of passion and adventure, possibilities and choices. Introduction by Rosellen Brown. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | City Life |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 89037112 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.56" W x 8.34" (0.48 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: In 1941, twenty-three-year-old Helen Bynum leaves home for the first time and sets out from rural New York to find her Aunt Lulu, an aging actress in New Orleans. There she finds a life of passion and adventure, possibilities and choices. Falling in with a bohemian group of intellectuals, she discovers romance and sex, friendship and risk, her world mirrored by the steamy mystery of the French Quarter. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fox, Paula: - Paula Fox (1923--2017) was the author of Desperate Characters, The Widow's Children, A Servant's Tale, The God of Nightmares, Poor George, The Western Coast, and Borrowed Finery: A Memoir, among other books.Brown, Rosellen: - Rosellen Brown is the author of the best-selling novel Before and After as well as Half a Heart, Civil Wars, and others. She lives in Chicago. |