Octavo, original half black and half gray cloth, original pictorial dust jacket. A flag for sunrise is my favorite but the other two are close behind. House of mirrors or hall of mirrors, a room full of mirrors often found as an attraction at carnivals or amusement parks. Robert stone 19372015 received most of the accolades and awards possible for a contemporary novelist, and he has been called the best writer of the postvietnam era. Set in 1960s new orleans, the book depicts the dark side of america that erupted in the sixties and follows a number of characters who are tied to a rightwing radio station, the civil rights movement, and 1960s counterculture. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Sign up to the best of pan macmillan newsletter to discover the best of our books, events and special offers. Stones first three novelsa hall of mirrors, dog soldiers, a flag for sunrisecan be read together as an inner history of the cataclysmic time when americans first lost faith in.
The book is chockablock with the authors talent, and some powerful passages indicate critical acceptance or at least attention but no foreseeable readership. A hall of mirrors, dog soldiers winner of the national book award, a flag for sunrise, children of light, outerbridge reach, damascus gate, and bay of souls. A hall of mirrors is a 1966 novel by the novelist robert stone. Inside, a long white living room with curving walls suggests oriental calm, and a pocket kitchen like a ships galley offers the comic sight of tame ducks feeding on the water just below. The book is chockablock with the authors talent, and some powerful.
All the characters with any sensitivity are alcoholic, drugaddicted or psychiatric losers. The rightwing racism depicted at a new orleans radio station in stones 1967 debut, a hall of mirrors, earned him the pen faulkner for best debut novel. This story of three young americans whose lives intersect in. Stone wrote this novel, based on his experience in new orleans, including a short stint as a censustaker, like his hero morgan rainey. Octavo, original half black and half gray cloth, original dust jacket. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Read our privacy notice to find out how we hold and use your personal information. Winner of the william faulkner award for best first novel and filmed as wusa in 1970, a hall of mirrors, as stone says, takes the united states as its subject and has built into it all. The rise and fall of the dollar and the future of the international monetary system and golden fetters. Stone, robert a hall of mirrors ken lopez bookseller. A hall of mirrors by robert stone book cover, description, publication history. Stones 1974 followup to a hall of mirrors was even darker and more searing than its predecessor. Biographer and novelist bell freedoms gate meticulously recounts the life of robert stone 19372015, whose novels chronicled the peak and the decline of a great many aspects of u.
With eric vale, julie arebalo, patrick jordan, halim jabbour. However, though this cynical novel may be about new orleans, there is no doubt that it is about the united states as a whole. Abaa a hall of mirrors by stone, robert search for. I t is almost impertinent to say that the 30yearold author of this first novel has talent, and it. George packer is the author of, most recently, the unwinding. A hall of mirrors by robert stone fantastic fiction. Barry eichengreen is professor of economics and political science at the university of california, berkeley. Abaa a hall of mirrors by stone, robert search for rare books. The book is chock a block with the authors talent, and some powerful passages indicate critical acceptance or at least attention but no foreseeable readership. A first uk edition of american novelist robert stones a hall of mirrors of only a estimated to have been published.
A hall of mirrors by robert stone in chm, epub, fb3 download ebook. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. For bob lighter with every best wish, robert stone. It was published by mariner books and has a total of 416 pages in the book. As written in the synopsis, this is the story of three young americans who arrive in a tired, littered new orleans at the end of the madis gras in 1962. Complete summary of robert stones a hall of mirrors. First edition of stones first novel, inscribed by him on the halftitle.
In 1975, dog soldiers won a share of the national book award in fiction for its portrayal of a vietnam heroin deal gone as horribly wrong as a vietnam heroin deal can go. Near the end of robert stones new novel, death of the blackhaired girl, eddie stack, reeling from the death of his daughter maud the titular subject with the ravencolored mane, barks, what the fuck is my legacy. Stone s main characters are primarily extremely disillusioned people. Children of light from the title, obviously, and hall of mirrors from the thirdtolast line. For stone, aged 76, whose career includes 11 books and a national book award for dog soldiers, its a question that might currently haunt the forefront of the author. What he finds is a woman physically and psychically damaged by the men in her past and a job that entangles him in a rightwing political movement. A hall of mirrors by robert stone 1987, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Winner of the william faulkner award for best first novel of the year as well as a houghton mifflin literary fellowship award. Peopled with civil rights activists, fanatical christians, corrupt politicians, and demented hollywood stars, a hall of mirrors vividly depicts the dark side of america that erupted in the sixties. A first uk edition of american novelist robert stone s a hall of mirrors of only a estimated to have been published. Near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with light edgewear and a slightly faded spine and virtually none of the rubbing to the front typical of this title. After the reading, stone and kesey sat at a table in the lobby in order to sign books. The title of this book is a hall of mirrors and it was written by robert stone. Robert stone lives in a small frame house on the connecticut coast.
To quote wallace stegner, stone writes like a bird, like an angel, like a circus barker. Buy a cheap copy of dog soldiers book by robert stone. Stone lived for a time in london, where he wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of hall of mirrors. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. The national book awardwinning story of john converse, an american journalist in vietnam who. A couple hundred old hippies in feathers and tiedyed. The hall of mirrors is the central gallery of the palace of versailles hall of mirrors may also refer to. See all books authored by robert stone, including dog soldiers, and a flag for. To quote wallace stegner, stone writes like a bird, like an angel, like a circus barker, like a con man, like someone so high on pot that he is. A hall of mirrors 1967, his first novel, revolves around a rightwing radio station in new orleans and its chaotic patriotic revival. Alchoholics,drug addicts,sociopathsor combinations of these things.
Apr 18, 2020 stones first three novelsa hall of mirrors, dog soldiers, a flag for sunrisecan be read together as an inner history of the cataclysmic time when americans first lost faith in themselves. Jan 14, 2015 stone usually launches some version of himself in a novel rheinhardt in a hall of mirrors, holliwell in a flag for sunrise or sometimes splits aspects of his personality among. A navy stint initiated a lifelong penchant for travel to oftenfraught locales, including saigon and jerusalem, which informed his books. Stone throws away brilliant stories which would provide fulllength books for lesser writers. A hall of mirrors by stone, robert and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A robert stone book repays multiple rereadings, will always reveal new facets on a second or third approach, will always give the reader something substantial and newwhich cannot be said of. Robert stones remarkable novel is a psychological thriller of razorsharp intensity. Other articles where a hall of mirrors is discussed. His second novel, dog soldiers 1974, concerns the legacy of corruption. A hall of mirrors book by robert stone thriftbooks. Ossians hall of mirrors, a shrine and viewhouse in scotland. A hall of mirrors book by robert stone 7 available. Buy a hall of mirrors by robert stone online at alibris.
Robert stone, the awardwinning novelist who spun out tales worldwide of seekers, frauds and other misbegotten american dreamers in such works as a flag for sunrise and dog. Stones main characters are primarily extremely disillusioned people. A hall of mirrors robert stone rheinhardt, a disc jockey and failed musician, rolls into new orleans in the aftermath of mardi gras looking for work and another chance in life. Rheinhardt, a disk jockey and failed musician, rolls into new orleans looking for work and another chance in life. Stones first three novelsa hall of mirrors, dog soldiers, a flag for sunrisecan be read together as an inner history of the cataclysmic time when americans first lost faith in themselves. A scabrous underside of the american way of life is examined here.
The book won the 1967 william faulkner foundation award for notable first novel, a predecessor of the. Days of rage it is almost impertinent to say that the 30yearold author of this first novel has talent, and it is impertinent to try and relate his gifts to his age or publishing history. Robert stone books list of books by author robert stone. To kristin lems we miss something now as we think about it lets see. Couldnt find it in ann arbor, though i like it here had to go back to new york found it on the upper west side there i cant live with you but you live here in my heart you keep me alive and alert aware of something. Grande galerie or galerie des glaces is the central gallery of the palace of versailles in versailles, france as the principal and most remarkable feature of king louis xiv of frances third building campaign of the palace of versailles 16781684, construction of the hall of mirrors began in 1678.
His story collection, bear and his daughter, was a finalist for the pulitzer prize, and his memoir, prime green, was published in 2006. Set in 1960s new orleans, the book depicts the dark side of america that erupted in the sixties. Like michael herrs dispatches, robert stone s national book awardwinning novel dog soldiers trades on a hallucinatory vision of vietnam as a place in which all. A hall of mirrors, dog soldiers winner of the national book award, a flag for sunrise, children of light. A flag for sunrise, dog soldiers and hall of mirrors. Brutality and humor, concrete objects and flights of fancy, most wonderfully jell. Provided to youtube by sirewarner records hall of mirrors the distillers coral fang.
Robert stone august 21, 1937 january 10, 2015 was an american novelist he was twice a finalist for the pulitzer prize and once for the penfaulkner award. Jan 14, 2015 in only eight novels and two books of stories published over the space of 47 years, robert stone, who has died aged 77, established himself as one of the most important novelists to emerge from. In only eight novels and two books of stories published over the space of 47 years, robert stone, who has died aged 77, established himself as one of the most important novelists to emerge from. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. The novelist robert stone, who died january 10th, once described his.
First edition of stones first novel, signed by him on the title page. The book is chockablock with the authors talent, and some powerful passages indicate critical acceptance or. A hall of mirrors picador books by robert stone and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. But whereas a hall of mirrors and, even more, dog soldiers spiked toward catharsis novels as plotted as stones surely seem to demand one, here the feverbreak is absentwith oddly illtimed, often premature climaxes which make us feel like were guttering instead of steadily climbing. So robert stone appears to have gotten two novel titles from this single poem. Michael ahearn, a professor at a rural college, sheds his comfortable assumptions when he becomes obsessed with a new fa. His many novels, which have enjoyed commercial success as well as critical acclaim, include the national book award winner dog soldiers, damascus gate, bay of souls, and a hall of mirro. Oct 21, 2015 a hall of mirrors by robert stone in chm, epub, fb3 download ebook. A hall of mirrors robert stone 1967 posted on october 29, 2017 by 1960s.
Buy a cheap copy of a hall of mirrors book by robert stone. See all books authored by robert stone, including dog soldiers, and a flag for sunrise, and more on. Jan, 2015 he went on to say that he had read and enjoyed all of stones books, and concluded by saying, i think your first three novels, hall of mirrors, dog soldiers, a flag for sunrise. Stone was five times a finalist for the national book award for fiction, which he did receive in 1975 for his novel dog soldiers. Another day, another book about the great recession. Stone adapted the book for the screenplay of the film wusa 1970. The great depression, the great recession, and the usesand misusesof history,exorbitant privilege. In a hall of mirrors, from 1967his first novelgeraldine, adrift in the. A hall of mirrors has 7 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. As written in the synopsis, this is the story of three young americans who read more. For chris offutt with admiration, esteem, and best wishes robert stone. Robert stone 19372015 was the acclaimed author of eight novels and two story collections, including dog soldiers, winner of the national book award.
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