Bibliographical Description
85.04.W010: Ford – A Piece of My Heart
A Piece of | My Heart | RICHARD FORD | Vintage Contemporaries | VINTAGE BOOKS • A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE • NEW YORK
First Vintage Books Edition, April 1985
152 leaves, pp. [6] 1-2 3-4 5-63 64-66 67-134 135-136 137-158 159-160 161-186 187-188 189-201 202-204 205-253 254-256 257-297 [1]
Contents: π1a blurbs and author photo, π1b “ALSO AVAILABLE IN VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES”, π2a title, π2b imprint, π3a dedication, π3b blank, 1-297 A Piece of My Heart: 1-2 “Prologue”, 3-64 “PART I | Robard Hewes”, 65-134 “PART II | Sam Newel”, 135-158 “PART III | Robard Hewes”, 159-186 “PART IV | Sam Newel”, 187-202 “PART V | Robard Hewes”, 203-254 “PART VI | Sam Newel”, 255-295 “PART VII | Robard Hewes”, 296-297 “Epilogue”; χ1b about the author.
Cover design by Lorraine Louie; cover illustration by David Monteil; interior author photo by Marion Ettlinger.
Copyright: ©1976. ISBN: 394-72914-6. Price: $6.95. A Piece of My Heart was first published by Harper & Row, 1976.
Copies: JDP 1.2 (presumed)
Blurbs
- (front cover) Its power is mysterious and unmistakable…the beginning of a career that could turn out to be extraordinary. – Walter Clemons, Newsweek
- A Piece of My Heart is the story of two men in flight—one pursuing a woman, the other pursuing his heart. Drawn by chance and mystery to an uncharted island in the Mississippi River, these men see their hopes and lives become imperiled in this small, fierce world where their ultimate, violent destiny is neither in the least redeeming nor escapable.
- Ford is a masterful writer. – Raymond Carver, The Chicago Tribune Book World
- Superb…brutally real and at the same time haunting…one of those rare surprises that come along every few years. – Jim Harrison
- This is one of those books that hit you hard…a story filled with breathing characters and genius-crafted dialogue between moments of consummate description….I can’t be unbiased. I’m mad for this book. – Elizabeth Ashton, The Houston Chronicle
- Without intruding on the very real momentum of his many characters, Ford has lifted his story into the realm of fable. – The Village Voice
- A signal work of nativist fiction…this book may be a classic of the genre, first novel or tenth….Ford is a superb storyteller who can relate a vignette of pure horror or a comedy of rustic manners with equal brilliance. – The National Review