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Death, sleep & the traveler

Title
Death, sleep & the traveler / John Hawkes.
Author
Hawkes, John, 1925-1998.
Publication
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, [1974]

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Additional Authors
  • Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
  • Huston, Gertrude, 1919-1998
  • Martin, Dennis
  • New Directions Publishing, publisher.
  • Murray Printing Company, printer.
  • James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Description
179 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
Death, sleep & the traveler is about a middle-aged Dutchman, his dissolving marriage, his involvement with two sexual triangles, his obsession with the murder he is accused of having committed on a pleasure cruise. It is pure, brilliant, profound- a short masterpiece of comedy and myth.
Series Statement
New Directions paperbook ; NDP393
Uniform Title
New Direction book.
Alternative Title
Death, sleep and the traveler
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Man-woman relationships > Fiction
  • Murder > Fiction
  • Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction
  • American fiction > 20th century
  • Genetic engineering
  • Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
  • American fiction
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Murder
  • Love triangles
  • Sexual relationships
Genre/Form
  • Romance fiction.
  • Detective and mystery fiction.
  • Fiction.
  • Dust jackets (Binding) – New York (State) – New York – 1974.
Note
  • "A New Directions book" -- title page.
  • "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.
Indexed In (note)
  • Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
Binding (note)
  • bound in publishers' blue cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Gertrude Huston.
  • bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Getrude Huston.
Call Number
Berg Coll 22-1009
ISBN
  • 0811205223
  • 9780811205221
LCCN
73089481
OCLC
857315
Author
Hawkes, John, 1925-1998.
Title
Death, sleep & the traveler / John Hawkes.
Imprint
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, [1974]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New Directions paperbook ; NDP393
New Direction book.
Indexed In:
Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 84
Binding
Copy in Berg Coll 22-1009 bound in publishers' blue cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Gertrude Huston. NN
Copy in Berg Coll 22-1010 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Getrude Huston. NN
Local Note
Copy in Berg Coll 22-1009, 22-1010 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
Huston, Gertrude, 1919-1998, cover designer, bookjacket designer.
Martin, Dennis, photographer.
New Directions Publishing, publisher.
Murray Printing Company, printer.
Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
Javitch, Daniel, donor.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Research Call Number
Berg Coll 22-1009
Berg Coll 22-1010
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