Background
Wescott, Glenway was born on April 11, 1901 in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Bruce Peters and Josephine (Gordon) Wescott.
( Like Wescott's extraordinary novella The Pilgrim Hawk (...)
Like Wescott's extraordinary novella The Pilgrim Hawk (which Susan Sontag described in The New Yorker as belonging "among the treasures of 20th-century American literature"), Apartment in Athens concerns an unusual triangular relationship. In this story about a Greek couple in Nazi-occupied Athens who must share their living quarters with a German officer, Wescott stages an intense and unsettling drama of accommodation and rejection, resistance and compulsion—an account of political oppression and spiritual struggle that is also a parable about the costs of closeted identity.
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(One of the lesser known literary figures among the Americ...)
One of the lesser known literary figures among the American expatriates living in France during the 1920s, Glenway Wescott was in fact a novelist of critical importance who later made a name for himself as one of the first openly gay writers. This early book of poems, published in limited edition, is charming in its simplicity, illustrated with beautiful black and white lithographs by Pamela Bianco.
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Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize winning author of "The Hours," recommends an "invisible classic" that was nearly lost to time. In his introduction to this excerpt, Cunningham writes: "'The Pilgrim Hawk' is a small miracle of a book. It’s profound, it’s beautifully written, and it keeps surprising the reader, right up to its last line. Just read it. Okay?" About Recommended Reading: Great authors inspire us. But what about the stories that inspire them? Recommended Reading, the latest project from Electric Literature, publishes one story every week, each chosen by a great author or editor. In this age of distraction, we uncover writing that's worth slowing down and spending some time with. And in doing so, we help give great writers, literary magazines, and independent presses the recognition (and readership) they deserve. About the Author: Glenway Wescott (1901–1987) grew up in Wisconsin, but moved to France with his companion Monroe Wheeler in 1925. Wescott’s early fiction, notably the stories in "Goodbye, Wisconsin" and the novel "The Grandmothers" (in which Alwyn Tower, the narrator of "The Pilgrim Hawk," makes his first appearance), were set in his native Midwest. Later work included essays on political, literary, and spiritual subjects, as well as the novels "The Pilgrim Hawk" and "Apartment in Athens." Wescott’s journals, recording his many literary and artistic friendships and offering an intimate view of his life as a gay man, were published posthumously under the title "Continual Lessons." About the Guest Editor: Michael Cunningham is the author of the novels "A Home at the End of the World," "Flesh and Blood," "The Hours" (winner of the Pen/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize), "Specimen Days," and "By Nightfall." He lives in New York.
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(A collection of critical essays and reminiscences about h...)
A collection of critical essays and reminiscences about his friendships with and admiration for Katherine Anne Porter, Somerset Maugham, Colette, Isak Dinesen, Thomas Mann and Thornton Wilder.
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(Limited edition of 695 copies. The colophon reads in par...)
Limited edition of 695 copies. The colophon reads in part: This, the tenth publication of Harrison of Paris, designed by Monroe Wheeler, has been printed in Haarlem, Holland, in September, 1932, by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, under the supervision of J. van Krimpen. Text by Glenway Wescott. The Signs of the Zodiac by Pavel Tchelitchew.
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(This powerful short novel describes the events of a singl...)
This powerful short novel describes the events of a single afternoon. Alwyn Tower, an American expatriate and sometime novelist, is staying with a friend outside of Paris, when a well-heeled, itinerant Irish couple drops in—with Lucy, their trained hawk, a restless, sullen, disturbingly totemic presence. Lunch is prepared, drink flows. A masquerade, at once harrowing and farcical, begins. A work of classical elegance and concision, The Pilgrim Hawk stands with Faulkner’s The Bear as one of the finest American short novels: a beautifully crafted story that is also a poignant evocation of the implacable power of love.
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(Black cloth with gold titles, gold on spine is quite dull...)
Black cloth with gold titles, gold on spine is quite dull, front is bright. head of spine is slightly pulled and tail is bumped. Cloth is a little spotty. Decorative endpapers. Slight water stain to top edge of pages. Foxing to leading edge. 362p.
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Wescott, Glenway was born on April 11, 1901 in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Bruce Peters and Josephine (Gordon) Wescott.
Student, University Chicago, 1917-1919.
(One of the lesser known literary figures among the Americ...)
( Like Wescott's extraordinary novella The Pilgrim Hawk (...)
(A collection of critical essays and reminiscences about h...)
(Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize winning author of "The...)
( Rural Wisconsin was still a wilderness in these early 1...)
(Black cloth with gold titles, gold on spine is quite dull...)
(1932 limited edition publication of A CALENDAR OF SAINTS ...)
(This powerful short novel describes the events of a singl...)
(Limited edition of 695 copies. The colophon reads in par...)
(Vintage paperback reprint. Fiction.)
(Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)
(Book by Glenway Wescott)
(Reprint)
Member American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute Arts and Letters.