Isbn: 9780066213347 - the sweetest dream: a novel (32 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. This story of a family, spanning most of the twentieth century, has its fulcrum in the Sixties, that contradictory and embattled decade about which argument becomes louder each day. The youth of that time, bursting old bonds and demanding freedoms, were seen by some of their elders in a manner not at all as they saw themselves, as romantic idealists, but as deeply damaged people. Old Julia, the clan's matriarch, knows why. You can't have two dreadful wars and then say 'That's it, and now everything will go back to normal.' They're screwed up, our children, they are the children of war.Remarkable women, Julia and Frances, grandmother and mother, fight for the kids against obstacles, the worst being Comrade Johnny. Here is a memorable picture of a character only recently departed from our scene. The revolution comes before personal matters is his dictum, as he deposits discarded wives and hurt children in the accommodating house whose emotional center is always the extendable kitchen table, that essential prop of the Sixties, around which the family sits through the evenings, eating, joking, boasting about their shoplifting, debating the violent ideologies of the time that take some of them out to the Third World, another to a South African village dying of AIDS.This novel reflects our recent history like a many-faceted mirror, and is full of people not easily forgotten, each -- for worse or for better, directly or indirectly -- made by war.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. 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.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. This story of a family, spanning most of the twentieth century, has its fulcrum in the Sixties, that contradictory and embattled decade about which argument becomes louder each day. The youth of that time, bursting old bonds and demanding freedoms, were seen by some of their elders in a manner not at all as they saw themselves, as romantic idealists, but as deeply damaged people. Old Julia, the clan's matriarch, knows why. You can't have two dreadful wars and then say 'That's it, and now everything will go back to normal.' They're screwed up, our children, they are the children of war.Remarkable women, Julia and Frances, grandmother and mother, fight for the kids against obstacles, the worst being Comrade Johnny. Here is a memorable picture of a character only recently departed from our scene. The revolution comes before personal matters is his dictum, as he deposits discarded wives and hurt children in the accommodating house whose emotional center is always the extendable kitchen table, that essential prop of the Sixties, around which the family sits through the evenings, eating, joking, boasting about their shoplifting, debating the violent ideologies of the time that take some of them out to the Third World, another to a South African village dying of AIDS.This novel reflects our recent history like a many-faceted mirror, and is full of people not easily forgotten, each -- for worse or for better, directly or indirectly -- made by war.…

Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. Third Printing Before Publication. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. Book.

HARDCOVER. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. We're always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any book priced at $10 or more, please just ask! American first edition, first printing. Contains numberline 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Jacket is in very Good + condition. Light scratching to back of jacket. . Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition (stated) and first printing (complete number line), hardcover and dust jacket in excellent, unmarked, near-pristine condition (slightest handling). The DJ is protected by a new, clear, removeable cover. 479 pages. [1.9 lbs]. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Collectible-Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. First edition by number code. Dust jacket has shelf wear. Spine loose.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. A very nice copy with clean, bright interior pages and solid binding. Remainder mark bottom edge. DJ in very nice condition with protective mylar cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 478 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, jacket not price clipped. Near fine in near fine jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st. 479 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, gray paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is the story of a family, reflecting our recent history like a many-faceted mirror. It is full of people not easily forgotten, each--for worse of for better, directly or indirectly--made by war. A remainder dot is present on the bottom edge, otherwise clean copy.…

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition, Stated. First Edition, Stated, numerical sequence complete. Price-clipped jacket. Written by 2007 Nobel Literature Prize winner. 479 pages. Fiction. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 479 pages. No flaws. Hardcover protected new dust jacket. Record # 4550000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Frances Lennox ladles out dinner every night to the motley, youthful crew assembled around her hospitable table--her sons and their friends, girlfriends, ex-friends, and fresh-off-the-street friends. Set against the backdrop of the decade that changed the world, "The Sweetest Dream" is a riveting look from one of the greatest writers of our time at a group of people who dared to dream--and faced the inevitable cleanup afterward. Previous owners name inside front cover.…

Hardcover with. Zustand: used: good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDContemporary Fiction; good hardcover with dust jacket, tanned pages, tips bumped, PROMPT SHIPPING WITH TRACKING.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. First U.S. Edition. The 2007 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Doris Lessing is the author of many fine novels, including THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK, BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL, MARA AND DAN, THE GREANDMOTHERS, and ALFRED AND EMILY, as well as two volumes of memoir, UNDER MY SKIN and WALKING IN THE SHADE among many distinguished works. As new, unread copy, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. L117.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. STiff square unmarked book in barely rubbed price-clipped dust jacket.; 9.50 X 6.20 X 1.70 inches; 496 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Publisher: Harper Collins, NYC., 2002. First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. As New. Unread. Remainder marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Bargain book.

hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Front and rear flaps stuck to front and rear pastedown with adhesive. Light wrinkling on bottom front panel. Light scratching on rear panel.; 6.5 X 1.5 X 9.5 inches; 478 pages.

Hardcover. First American Edition. pp. 478, [1]. Thick 8vo. Publisher's black-and-gray boards, silver lettering to the spine. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in very good+ lightly rubbed, unclipped, dustjacket. Overall, very good+. "This story of a family, spanning most of the twentieth century, has its fulcrum in the Sixties, that contradictory and embattled decade about which argument becomes louder each day. The youth of that time, bursting old bonds and demanding freedoms, were seen by some of their elders in a manner not at all as they saw themselves, as romantic idealists, but as deeply damaged people. Old Julia, the clan's matriarch, knows why. "You can't have two dreadful wars and then say 'That's it, and now everything will go back to normal.' They're screwed up, our children, they are the children of war." Remarkable women, Julia and Frances, grandmother and mother, fight for "the kids" against obstacles, the worst being Comrade Johnny. Here is a memorable picture of a character only recently departed from our scene. "The revolution comes before personal matters" is his dictum, as he deposits discarded wives and hurt children in the accommodating house whose emotional center is always the extendable kitchen table, that essential prop of the Sixties, around which the family sits through the evenings, eating, joking, boasting about their shoplifting, debating the violent ideologies of the time that take some of them out to the Third World, another to a South African village dying of AIDS. This novel reflects our recent history like a many-faceted mirror, and is full of people not easily forgotten, each -- for worse or for better, directly or indirectly -- made by war.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, with dust wrapper. Black boards with silver lettering on the spine. Board edges are lightly rubbed. Head and tail of spine bumped. Moderate discolouration and foxing of page edges, more so on the head edge. Binding is neat and tidy. Small signs of use on free endpapers and pastedowns. Else book is in good condition. Dustwrapper is rubbed and lightly stained. Back cover bears scratches and some scuff marks. Spine is sunned. Some creasing towards the edges and little discolouration, else in good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better than they sound. This book weighs over 1kg and will attract extra postage to destinations outside of Australia. Please contact bookseller for postage quote. …