Author: Annie Dillard
Title: Holy Firm; Encounters with Chinese Writers
Description: New York; Middletown , Harper and Row; Wesleyan University Press, 1977-1984. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing pair of first edition works by Annie Dillard, complete with the charming original dust wrappers. First edition, first impressions. With the publisher's original dust wrappers, 'Holy the Firm' being price-clipped. This set offers two works from acclaimed American author Annie Dillard, best known for her works poetry, essays, prose and literary criticism. Her 1974 book 'Pilgrim at Tinker Creek' won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. 'Holy the Firm' (1977) contemplates the problem of pain and God's allowance of "natural evil to happen". It was inspired by a plane crash on Lummi Island, where Dillard had been staying for three days with the aim of writing whatever happened within that time. 'Encounters with Chinese Writers' (1984) is a work of journalism, with Dillard hosting a group of Chinese writers, whom she takes to Disneyland along with Allen Ginsberg. 'Holy the Firm' bound in the original quarter cloth, and 'Encounters with Chinese Writers' bound in full cloth. With the publisher's original dust wrappers, 'Holy the Firm' being price-clipped. Externally, lovely, with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrappers are very smart, with mild edge wear to 'Encounters' and a couple scuffs to the front cover. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: Annie Dillard Holy the Firm Encounters with Chinese Writers Modern Fiction Holy the Firm None


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