The folded leaf book by william maxwell thriftbooks. Lymie peters, a skinny and somewhat clumsy boy who always gets good grades, and newcomer spud latham, a star. Together through high school and college years in the midwest, the undersized and lonely lymie rewards the protective. This library of america series edition is printed on acid free paper and features smythsewn binding, a full cloth cover, and a ribbon marker.
He served as a fiction editor at the new yorker from 1936 to 1975. So long, see you tomorrow by william maxwell books on. William maxwell, author of so long, see you tomorrow, the folded leaf, and other novels. The virginia historical register, and literary advertiser. August 16, 1908 july 31, 2000 was an american editor. Download the folded leaf, william maxwell, random house llc, 2009. Publication date 1945 topics friendship publisher new york, book find club.
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In this magically evocative novel, william maxwell explores the enigmatic gravity of the past, which compels us to keep explaining it even as. Lymie peters, a skinny and somewhat clumsy boy who always gets good grades, and newcomer spud latham, a star athlete and mediocre. Buy the folded leaf by william maxwell from waterstones today. Maxwell said it was his favorite novel for personal reasons the whole of my youth is in it.
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Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The passage begins with the main character, lymie, sitting in a restaurant and reading a history book. The folded leaf, william maxwell, random house llc, 2009, 0307484971, 9780307484970, 287 pages. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the folded leaf. Click to read more about the folded leaf by william maxwell. The folded leaf isbn 9780679772569 pdf epub william. We sat on the back porch, the same spot he had been trapped the day before. To those who knew him, william maxwell as a personsoftspoken yet. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. That was all i could think as i read the final page and closed this book, the folded leaf.
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