Howard, Richard, 1929-
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1929-10-13-
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Composition No.1 / Saporta, Marc; Richard Howard, translator., 1963
Item
Identifier: CC-35473-37209
Scope and Contents
This is the first edition and first printing of the book in English that originally was written in French. The reader is requested to shuffle the pages like a deck of cards. the order of the pages will then assume the fate of the protagonist. B.S. Johnson also published a novel, "The Unfortunates," (1969) translated from the French in the same format as this book, unbound pages meant to be read in any order. Johnson's book is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1963
Mobile: Study for a Representation of the United States / Butor, Michel ; Richard Howard, translator., 1963
Item
Identifier: CC-21069-21478
Scope and Contents
This is the first American edition of this book.eNotes internet summary: "Mobile: Study for the Representation of the United States has fifty chapters, and each chapter is more or less devoted to a different state, in alphabetical order, of the United States. The novel does not tell a story or relate a sequence of events. Instead, the disjointed details, mostly about small-town America, consist of information usually found in history books, atlases, encyclopedias, tourist brochures, and Howard Johnson menus. Some continuity is provided by a series of repetitions which are designed to illustrate the scope and diversity of the United States. For example, the first chapter is entitled "pitch dark in CORDOVA, ALABAMA, the Deep South" and that is all. The first word is not capitalized, nor is there a period at the end. The second chapter reads "pitch dark in CORDOVA, ALASKA, the Far North" and continues with a brief, nightmarish description of the land around Cordova. With no apparent...
Dates:
1963
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