Getting It On
by Dubner, Julia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1569471452
- ISBN 13
- 9781569471456
- Seller
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Tokyo, Japan
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About This Item
Soho Pr Inc, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A highly collectible first edition/printing, a tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper, no inscriptions or markings, not price clipped an ex-library or a book of the month club edition; Life has its private moments, but art knows no boundaries. Writers such as Martin Amis, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Michael Benedikt, Kim Ad donizio, Michelle Chalfoun, Armistead Maupin, John Irving, Anne Rice, and E lizabeth Benedict, all of whom contribute to this collection, have describe d in story, novel, or poem the sometimes funny, sometimes touching, sometim es pathetic moments that confront their characters when dealing with this a rtifact of contemporary civilization, the condom. Male and female, young and old, straight and gay--their characters reflect the changes in concepts of intimacy, contact, contagion, and death as they are connected with the act of making love. They are some of the most vital subjects confronting our society today. These twenty-eight pieces are often wry, witty commentaries on human foibles, things we might never discuss with a stranger but would love to read about. Here is a collection with a high degree of literary merit as well as a good sense of humor. Getting It On will be published in February 1999 to coincide with National Condom Week. With a literary pedigree as well as a social conscience, this collection is certain to engage, edify, and amuse.
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- Seller
- Infinity Books Japan (JP)
- Seller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000007949
- Title
- Getting It On
- Author
- Dubner, Julia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1569471452
- ISBN 13
- 9781569471456
- Publisher
- Soho Pr Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
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- Tight
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- Brodart
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