Sophie's choice / William Styron
- Author:
- Styron, William, 1925-2006
- Published:
- New York, New York : Bantam Books, 1980.
- Physical Description:
- 626 pages ; 18 cm
- Summary:
- The time is 1947. Sophie, a Polish Catholic beauty who survived Auschwitz, has settled in America. Stingo, a 22 year-old aspiring novelist 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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- ISBN:
- 0553135457 (pbk.) and 9780553135459 (pbk.)
- Note:
- "Bantam edition / July 1980"--Verso of title-page., "Published simultaneously in the United States and Canada"--Verso of title-page., Originally published: New York : Random House, 1979., Rare Books copy 1: (1st printing)--complete number-line (0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) on copyright page. Bibliographer's copy., Rare Books copy 2: (2nd printing)--number-line (0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ) on copyright page. Bibliographer's copy., and Rare Books copy 3: (6th printing)--number-line (0 9 8 7 6 ) on copyright page. Bibliographer's copy.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Rare Books copies 1-4: Gift of James L. W. West III; 2014.
- Awards:
- National Book Award for Fiction, 1980.
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