signed first edition Trade Paperback
1999 · London
by Gunn, Kirsty
London: Granta Books, 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. Signed by author. First edition - a paperback original. Signed by author without inscription. Bottom edge of rear wrapper lightly bumped, pages lightly toned. 1999 Trade Paperback. 200 pp. In these stories, mothers escape to remote country villages, making prisoners of their children. A young man is made an indentured servant by his father, his violence atoning for loneliness. A wife comes to fear the closeness of her own husband's attentions. Haunted by the past, these stories explore the paradox of home as a place of both departure and return, comprising a range of voices portrayed with breathtaking skill. (Inventory #: 2281854)