Sophie's choice /
The time is 1947. Sophie, a Polish Catholic beauty who survived Auschwitz, has settled in America. Stingo, a 22 year-old aspiring writer from Virginia, is drawn to Sophie and Nathan--a madly romantic couple whose instability and flamboyance utterly capture his imagination. The deeper Stingo sinks in...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[1979]
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| Edition: | First trade edition. |
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| Online Access: | French equivalent / Équivalent français |
| Summary: | The time is 1947. Sophie, a Polish Catholic beauty who survived Auschwitz, has settled in America. Stingo, a 22 year-old aspiring writer from Virginia, is drawn to Sophie and Nathan--a madly romantic couple whose instability and flamboyance utterly capture his imagination. The deeper Stingo sinks into these people's lives, the more he learns that each harbors terrible secrets. |
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| Item Description: | "A limited edition of this book has been privately printed"--Title page verso. "Of the first [trade] edition ... five hundred copies have been specially bound. These books are signed by the author, and numbered 1 to 500"--Extra leaf at front. Issued in navy blue cloth with slipcase. Some copies of the first trade edition issued in light blue cloth with extra leaf at front stating: "This special edition has been prepared for presentation to the friends of the author and publisher." |
| Physical Description: | 515 pages ; 25 cm |
| Awards: | National Book Award for Fiction, 1980. |
| ISBN: | 0394461096 9780394461090 0679736379 9780679736370 |