Bellefleur
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1980. Stillman, Susan (jacket art). First Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Item #2334092
ISBN: 0525063021
First trade edition. Top edge of jacket mended with tape, a few minor tears to jacket edges.
558 pp. 8vo. "A wealthy and notorious clan, the Bellefleurs live in a region not unlike the Adirondacks, in an enormous mansion on the shores of mythic Lake Noir. They own vast lands and profitable businesses, they employ their neighbors, and they influence the government. A prolific and eccentric group, they include several millionaires; a mass murderer; a spiritual seeker who climbs into the mountains looking for God; a wealthy noctambulist who dies of a chicken scratch; a baby Germaine - the heroine of the novel - and her parents, Leah and Gideon. Written with a voluptuousness and immediacy unusual even for Oates, Bellefluer is widely regarded as one of her masterworks."
Price: $12.00