A hall of mirrors book by robert stone 7 available. Each of stone s novels from hall of mirrors 1966 through the national book award winning dog soldiers 1974 to his final book, death of the blackhaired girl 20. In his first novel, a hall of mirrors 1967, stone used new orleans as the setting for an eclectic melange of the 60s, something i shattered my youth against. In 1971 he returned to the united states with a teaching career, first at princeton and then at amherst college. Robert stone august 21, 1937 january 10, 2015 was an american novelist he was twice a finalist for the pulitzer prize and once for the penfaulkner award. A hall of mirrors author stone, robert formatbinding hardcover book condition used fine jacket condition fine edition first edition binding hardcover publisher houghton mifflin place of publication boston date published 1966 bookseller catalogs signed books. Homage to robert stone this is an essay i wrote after robert stone s death on 10 january 2018. Stone s main characters are primarily extremely disillusioned people. Children of light from the title, obviously, and hall of mirrors from the thirdtolast line. A flag for sunrise, dog soldiers and hall of mirrors. It was published by mariner books and has a total of 416 pages in the book. He went on to say that he had read and enjoyed all of stone s books, and concluded by saying, i think your first three novels, hall of mirrors, dog soldiers, a flag for sunrise. A first uk edition of american novelist robert stone s a hall of mirrors of only a estimated to have been published. A hall of mirrors has 7 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace.
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Stone s first book, winner of the william faulkner award for best first novel of the year and basis for the film wusa, starring paul newman. Peopled with civil rights activists, fanatical christians, corrupt politicians, and demented hollywood stars, a hall of mirrors. His work was typically characterized by psychological. The book is chockablock with the authors talent, and some powerful passages indicate critical acceptance or at least attention but no foreseeable readership. Stone adapted the book for the screenplay of the film wusa 1970.
Buy hall of mirrors by robert stone from amazons fiction books store. Robert stone was born on august 21, 1937 in brooklyn, new york, usa as robert anthony stone. He was a writer, known for wholl stop the rain 1978, damascus gate and wusa 1970. Buy a cheap copy of a hall of mirrors book by robert stone. Buy a hall of mirrors by robert stone online at alibris. A hall of mirrors is a 1966 novel by the novelist robert stone.
Robert stone 19372015 was the acclaimed author of eight novels and two story collections, including dog soldiers, winner of the national book award, and bear and his daughter, a finalist for the pulitzer prize. Its a puzzling title for the biography, particularly as. Alchoholics,drug addicts,sociopathsor combinations of these things. Peopled with civilrights activists, fanatic christians, corrupt politicians and demented hollywood stars, a hall of mirrors vividly depicts the dark side of america that erupted in the 1960s.
Stone was five times a finalist for the national book award for fiction, which he did receive in 1975 for his novel dog soldiers. Robert stone published his first book, a hall of mirrors, in 1967. Robert stone was an awardwinning american novelist and screen writer. Rheinhardt, a disk jockey and failed musician, rolls into new orleans looking for work and another chance in life. In dog soldiers, he covered the vietnam war and drug smuggling. A hall of mirrors by robert stone in chm, epub, fb3 download e book. The title of this book is a hall of mirrors and it was written by robert stone. First edition of stone s first novel, signed by him on the title page. Octavo, original black and gray cloth, original dust jacket.
The book won the 1967 william faulkner foundation award for notable first novel, a predecessor of the. Rheinhardt, a disk jockey and failed musician, rolls into new orlea. A hall of mirrors, dog soldiers winner of the national book award, a flag for sunrise, children of light, outerbridge reach, damascus gate, and bay of souls. Robert stone, awardwinning author of a hall of mirrors. The robert stone papers date from 1950 to 20, and consist of notes, typescript drafts on paper and computer disk, galleys, and proof pages for all of stone s novels. Time magazine included this novel in its list time 100 best englishlanguage novels from 1923 to 2005.
A hall of mirrors 1967, his first novel, revolves around a rightwing radio station in new orleans and its chaotic patriotic revival. After a hall of mirrors was published in 1967, the stones moved to london where they lived for four years, during which stone went to vietnam to gather material for his second book, dog soldiers. So robert stone appears to have gotten two novel titles from this single poem. Stone had lived for a time, writing and performing his poetry and taking stock literally. His first novel, a hall of mirrors 1967, was set in the maelstrom of new orleans, where mr. The life and work of novelist robert stone joy williams. That title mirrors a novel of stone s, children of light once referred to by editor bob gottlieb as your nottooadorable book, which in turn obliquely used a robert lowell poem by that name as its epigraph, a poem that bell deems quasiimpenetrable.
What he finds is a woman physically and psychically damaged by the men in her past and a job that entangles him in a rightwing political movement. A flag for sunrise captured revolutionary discontent in central america. As it happens, next month is also the 40th anniversary of the publication of his first novel, a hall of mirrors. All the characters with any sensitivity are alcoholic, drugaddicted or psychiatric losers. Children of light exposed the crass values of hollywood. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. His works include a hall of mirrors, dog soldiers, a flag for sunrise, children of light, and outerbridge reach. A hall of mirrors book by robert stone thriftbooks. Robert stone was born on august 21, 1937 he turns 70 today. A scabrous underside of the american way of life is examined here. First state dustwrapper with correct price, blurb by wallace stegner, and photograph of the author on the rear holding a mug. His story collection, bear and his daughter, was a finalist for the pulitzer prize, and his memoir, prime green, was published in 2006. Ever since a hall of mirrors depicted the wild side of new orleans in the 1960s, robert stone 19372015 has situated novels where america has shattered and the action is at a pitch.
A hall of mirrors has 6 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Rheinhardt, a disk jockey and failed musician, rolls. In november, houghton mifflin harcourt will publish his eighth novel, death of the blackhaired girl, about a college professor. Abaa a hall of mirrors by stone, robert search for. A hall of mirrors book by robert stone 6 available.