The Waters under the Earth
Cloth
1965 · Philadelphia & New York
by Moore, John
Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1965. Third Printing. Cloth. A Later Printing in Near Fine condition with some agewear in a Fine dust-jacket ; Moore presents a complex, thought-provoking, and beautifully written tale of love and loss, memory and history, in the form of a novel.The Waters under the Earth tells the story of the Gault family, who live in a small town in the 1930s. The Gaults are a family of historians, and their livelihood depends on the stories that they are able to pass down to their children. When their oldest son, John, goes off to fight in World War II, the family is left to cope with the loss and the memories of John's time in the war. The Gaults are forced to grapple with the difficult questions of history and memory, and to come to terms with the fact that John may never come home.; 8vo; 464 pages; Price? ? ? . (Inventory #: 56131)