| The Dead of the House Revised Edition Contributor(s): Green, Hannah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1885983077 ISBN-13: 9781885983077 Publisher: Turtle Point Press OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: A teenage girl's coming-of-age in the Midwest in the 1940s about which Tillie Olsen wrote, "Wondrous, a true American classic . . . the timeless magic which is art." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95080864 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 4.74" W x 7" (0.56 lbs) 225 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Ohio |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Delicately distilled perfection." -The New York Times A teenage girl's coming-of-age in the Midwest in the 1940s, centering on her relationship with her father and grandfather. About it, Tillie Olsen wrote, "Wondrous, a true American classic . . . the timeless magic which is art." The Dead of the House is a novel that has, in the years since it was first published, solidified itself as American canon. This is the first and only novel published by Hannah Green, who died in 1996. She spent nearly two decades writing the book. |
