Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 214 p. Audience: General/trade; General/trade.

Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 214 p. Audience: General/trade; General/trade.

Signed. First Edition. first printing, dj in mylar sleeve, slight foxing, signed by author Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.

Signed. First Edition. first printing, dj in mylar sleeve, slight foxing, signed by author Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.

0060160705. Book and DJ New. NO notes. No names or ANY markings. DJ not price

0060160705. Book and DJ New. NO notes. No names or ANY markings. DJ not price clipped ($17.95). NO stickers. Salmon Rushdie association, her husband while she was writing this India based novel.; 214 pages.

0060160705. Small 4to 9"-11" tall; 214 pages.

0060160705. Small 4to 9"-11" tall; 214 pages.

New York. 1989. Harper & Row. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket.

New York. 1989. Harper & Row. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0060160705. 214 pages. hardcover. Jacket painting by Paul Davis (after a photo by John B.B. Wellington). keywords: American Literature Women. DESCRIPTION-When Charlotte Lewes, young, newly widowed by World War I, and deeply unhappy, decides to embark for Rangoon in 1918, she is looking to escape the ruins of her old life. As a school-teacher in colonial Burma, she comes alive again in the sensual climate of the Orient, discovering the spirituality of Buddhist temples and monks beside which the Church of England pales, preferring a house on stilts near the bay to the colonial compound, and, in a stunning nocturnal scene, meeting John Dollar, a sailor, the man with whom she will share a passionate love and whose own ill-fated destiny shapes the disturbing course of the novel. On a festive expedition to a distant island, which the colonials want to claim, rename, and offer to their beloved King George, the tightly knit British community falls prey to disaster: Fathers and mothers and sons, servants and crew, all disappear from the three British ships one night, while an earthquake and tidal wave sweep John Dollar, Charlotte, and eight young girls who are Charlotte's pupils off the ships anchored near the island and into the violent sea. When the eight girls come to consciousness again on the beaches of this Island of Our Outlawed Dreams, they huddle around John Dollar, who is paralyzed from the waist down. An atmosphere of menace and doom builds, culminating in some shocking, absolutely riveting scenes of death and survival. Compelling, disturbing, and seductive, JOHN DOLLAR is a major work of fiction from a talented and provocative writer. The emotional impact of the narrative will leave readers gasping, while the prose style of Marianne Wiggins manages to be both opulent and spare, immensely resonant, and unmistakably original. JOHN DOLLAR is a haunting tale, a literary tour de force, and an unforgettable read. inventory #11479.

Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Women

Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Women teachers, Ship captains, Travel ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.