| Europe: Or Up and Down with Schreiber and Baggish Contributor(s): Stern, Richard (Author), Slavitt, David R. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0810124491 ISBN-13: 9780810124493 Publisher: Triquarterly Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: Originally published in 1961, this shrewd, smartly written novel follows two American men traveling in Europe. Though both have struck out for the same continent, each man's methods of and motives for travel lead him to have a very different experience than the other. Underlying it all is the premise that Europe--the contrast, the otherness of it--can be a refiner's fire, deeply affecting a person's character. "Europe" represents a crucial step in Stern's development as a writer and stands as a witty, sharp point of entry into his writings and the writings of novelists who rose to prominence in the 1960s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007017840 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.45 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1961, this shrewd, smartly written novel follows two American men traveling in Europe. Though both have struck out for the same continent, each man's methods of and motives for travel lead him to have a very different experience than the other. Underlying it all is the premise that Europe--the contrast, the otherness of it--can be a refiner's fire, deeply affecting a person's character. Europe represents a crucial step in Stern's development as a writer and stands as a witty, sharp point of entry into his writings and the writings of novelists who rose to prominence in the 1960s. |