Description
For sale is an exceptional First hardcover Edition, First Printing of A Feather on the Breath of God by Sigrid Nunez in a new archival wrap. First Edition stated, 1995 Harper Collins. First Printing with complete number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, lightly faded boards, strong title ink on a convex spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, rolled spine ends, heavy edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the previous owner’s name on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions or other signs of ownership inside. The illustrated end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with price on the front flap, and moderate to heavy surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
In this profoundly moving novel, a young woman looks back to the world of her immigrant parents: a Chinese-Panamanian father and a German mother who meet in post-war Germany and settle in New York. Growing up in a housing project in the 1950s and 1960s, the narrator escapes into dreams inspired both by her parents’ stories and by her own reading and, for a time, into the otherworldly life of ballet. A yearning, homesick mother, a silent and withdrawn father, the ballet – these are the elements that shape the young woman’s imaginations and sexuality.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
