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October Light
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John Gardner
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
New Directions
Publication date
October 1, 2005
Pages
399
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780811216371
ISBN-10
0811216373
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
Original list price
$14.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Living in her older brother's Vermont farmhouse, penniless widow Sally Abbot finds their clashing values escalating to the point that her brother banishes her to her room with a mainstream novel she has been reading, a book that becomes reflective of their turbulent family history. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Reprint.
Editions
Hardcover
from Galahad Books (March 1, 1979)
9780394499123 | details & prices | 433 pages | List price $2.98
About: An old man and woman, brother and sister, live together in Vermont, at odds with one another and occupying a landscape and a past which are counterpointed by another, irritating, metaphysical, paperback melodrama
About: An old man and woman, brother and sister, live together in Vermont, at odds with one another and occupying a landscape and a past which are counterpointed by another, irritating, metaphysical, paperback melodrama
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from New Directions (October 1, 2005)
9780811216371 | details & prices | 399 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Living in her older brother's Vermont farmhouse, penniless widow Sally Abbot finds their clashing values escalating to the point that her brother banishes her to her room with a mainstream novel she has been reading, a book that becomes reflective of their turbulent family history.
About: Living in her older brother's Vermont farmhouse, penniless widow Sally Abbot finds their clashing values escalating to the point that her brother banishes her to her room with a mainstream novel she has been reading, a book that becomes reflective of their turbulent family history.
Reissue edition from Vintage Books (February 1, 1989)
9780679721338 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $16.00
About: An old man and woman, brother and sister, live together in Vermont, at odds with one another and occupying a landscape and a past which are counterpointed by another, irritating, metaphysical, paperback melodrama
About: An old man and woman, brother and sister, live together in Vermont, at odds with one another and occupying a landscape and a past which are counterpointed by another, irritating, metaphysical, paperback melodrama
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