Crowe, Thomas Rain

A House of Girls

ISBN: 9781893239685
Nicholasville, KY: Wind Publications, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Thomas Rain Crowe. "In A House of Girls, Thomas Rain Crowe writes in the long-standing German literary genre of the Bildungsroman (education through experience). In this linked-stories, coming-of-age book of autobiographical fiction, we see and hear echoes of great writers in this tradition, such as Goethe, Joyce, Novalis, Dickens and Thomas Mann. Crowe's "house" and his "girls" are what has formed him, and we follow him from room to room in these sensitive and engaging love stories, all of which have an unusual and unique twist." (back cover) A collection of stories by Thomas Rain Crowe, the acclaimed poet, prose writer & publisher who was at the center of the Baby Beat Generation/ Second San Francisco Renaissance during the 1970s (see our book, Starting From San Francisco, Item No. 3071, Deluxe Edition No. 3075). With back cover color reproduction of photograph showing Crowe outside the legendary Shakespeare & Company bookstore in Paris taken by Philip Daughtry, the noted poet who was part of Crowe's BBG/ SSFR group when he was known as Philip Suntree, & is discussed extensively in SFSF. Trade-format softcover original, first edition as stated on copyright page. On the title page, just below his printed name, Crowe has hand-written his signature in bold blue ink. A splendid Crowe collectible, signed & from his own library. In very fine condition with only slightest rubbing to glossy front, back covers & spine; a few tiny bumps at edges & corners of same. Interior very fine with only tiny bumps at mostly upper corners of a few page leaves. Very Fine. [Item #4213]

Price: $25.00