Southern Lit—Jesus Tales—ROMULUS LINNEY—"Funny & In Good Taste"—Nation—PB

Description: • For Your Consideration: • A SIGNED Trade Paperback (First Edition Thus) of: • “The JESUS TALES” (North Point Press, 1987) (Trade Paperback, First Edition Thus) • BY ROMULUS LINNEY • SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR • INTRODUCED BY REYNOLDS PRICE • “Noted playwright ROMULUS LINNEY offers a unique alternative to conventional biblical hagiography in this lyric and comical recounting of the life of JESUS…. Using the plain language and spare structure of traditional oral narratives, LINNEY shapes his interpretation of the life of JESUS into a story rich with humor and insight.”—THE PUBLISHER • “If ROMULUS LINNEY has done nothing else here—and clearly he has—he would deserve grateful readers for inventing a whole possible wing in the old house of JESUS’ name and nature: a laughing god, approachable and tangible, mining our world with the sly cherry-bombs of his love and care.”—REYNOLDS PRICE, FROM HIS INTRODUCTION • “Funny and warm and in good taste.” —THE NATION • “A daring book, quirky and mischievous, written in a deceptively simple style…. I couldn’t put it down.” —THE SUN MAGAZINE • “In these superbly crafted tales, LINNEY portrays JESUS as witty and playful and fond of jokes, a man of complexity, contradictions, ironies, surprises. The book is uproariously funny but never sacrilegious. JESUS is not diminished, and his teachings are, if anything, given a a richer and more human dimension.” —SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE • “ROMULUS LINNEY’s JESUS TALES is a mixture of biblical apocrypha, assorted European folktales and American talltale rhetoric, cohering in an ingeniously funny account of JESUS CHRIST’s birth and upbringing, his transformation from ‘a boy in trouble, bewildered and bitter’ into ‘a young miracle worker,’ and the burgeoning confusion he causes his disciples and his frequently outraged neighbors. LINNEY’s daring portray of him makes JESUS TALES a wonderfully imaginative and amusing book.” —CHICAGO TRIBUNE • ABOUT THE AUTHOR: • “His work was redolent of artistic seriousness but nonetheless intended to entertain, and he often spoke in interviews about the need for dialogue to help propel a story and not simply to explore ideas.” —NEW YORK TIMES (AUTHOR’S OBITUARY, 2011) • “In terms of scope of ambition, MR. LINNEY may be our bravest living playwright, running from rural dramas about hillbilly homicides to lush meditations on LORD BYRON’s ghost and FREDERICK THE GREAT.” —BEN BRANTLEY, NEW YORK TIMES (1986) • • For other details about this book, please see below. • TITLE: “THE JESUS TALES” AUTHOR: ROMULUS LINNEY FOREWORD: REYNOLDS PRICE COVER PAINTING: SUSAN WALPO TYPE: TRADE PAPERBACKPAGES: 149 PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: North Point Press (San Francisco), 1987 EDITION: First Edition Thus* *RE: On the Copyright Page, no later editions are listed.** **RE: “North Point Press: 1981 Statement ‘We do not designate first printings. Howvr we will designate subsequent prints with a new slug on the copyright page indicating ‘Second Printing,’ ‘Third Printing,’ etc.” —‘FIRST EDITIONS: A Guide to Identification’ (Second Edition, 1985). Edited by ZEMPEL & VERKLER NOTE: This copy is NOT ex-library NOR a book-club edition. ISBN: 0-86547-021-9 CONDITION OF WRAPS: VERY GOOD.Price (8.95) on back is unclipped. Corners are lightly rubbed; spine tips are bumped. An area running alongside the spine on the back (& a quarter-inch in width) is sunned. There is a faint (hard-to-see) crease running up on the front cover near the spine. Front & back have light but persistent scratching; all else, bright & clean. CONDITION of BOOK ITSELF: VERY GOOD. There is a faint slant to the book. Spine is tight. Text-block edges are lightly age-toned & lightly scuffed. The author’s dedication & signature appear on the Half-Title Page but otherwise the pages are bright & clean with no other writing, no doodling, no underlining, no tears, no stains, no foxing, etc. (NOTE: “North Point books have sewn bindings and are printed on acid-free paper.”) THE AUTHOR’S DEDICATION & SIGNATURE: Appear, in black ink, on the Title Page as follows: “To Deborah, with best wishes, ROMULUS LINNEY.” SHIPPING NEWS: This book will be wrapped with care before being shipped in a cushioned and sturdy box. THANK YOU! ********************** /\___/\=•ᆺ•= “We believe it’s good business to be good to our customers.” *********** FLAPPINCAT’s HOUSE RULES ***********1. GENERAL TREATMENT. We enjoy treating FLAPPINCAT customers with honesty & respect & warmth because that’s how we like to be treated when we buy things on eBay.2. GENERAL ATTITUDE. We are grateful you choose to trust us with your business. We aim for that gratitude to permeate every part of how we engage with you.3. 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