Oates, Joyce Carol

You Must Remember This

ISBN: 0525245456
New York, NY: E. P. Dutton, Inc./ William Abrahams, 1987. Advance Reading Copy. Softcover. "From one of the great writers of our time comes an epic novel of an American family in the 1950s. Probing the divisions between the permissible and the forbidden, ordinary life and the secret places of the heart, Joyce Carol Oates has never been more memorable, more truthful, and as some will argue, more shocking, for she takes us to the farthest limits of experience. Especially is this true in the passion of virginal Enid Maria and her virile Uncle Felix, twice her age and a professional boxer. What starts for them as "play" becomes an unappeasable sexual hunger, an inescapable obsession, lived out in fast cars, seedy motels, and breathless meetings on the dangerous edge of violence and discovery." (from back cover) An exciting, provocative & deeply realistic early-mid career novel by Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938), the acclaimed, much-honored & almost supernaturally prolific American author. The title of this anti-nostalgic work is from the 1931 song written by Herman Hupfeld which became the famous theme of the iconic classic film Casablanca (1942). Offered here is an "Advance Reading Copy" (back cover), trade-format softcover with "Tentative Specs/ To be published in August 1997" followed by such information printed at back cover, first edition as stated on copyright page, first printing as indicated by number sequence thereon. A collectible version of this essential & exemplary novel in the vast Oates canon. In fine condition with very light rubbing & some faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; a bit of wear & a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same; very sparse, light rubbing & a hint of browning at upper & side-edges of text block; same & with one very small area of dark ink(?) staining at/near upper right corner of lower edge of same. Interior very fine with only tiny bumps at corners of a few page leaves. An extra handling fee will be added for shipping due to the weight of this item. Fine. [Item #5681]

Price: $40.00