Bibliographical Description
87.11.W041: Downing – A Narrow Time
[between two vertical rules 75 mm] A | NARROW | TIME | Michael Downing | [below vertical rules] Vintage Contemporaries | VINTAGE BOOKS A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE NEW YORK
120 leaves, pp. [10] 1–2 3-227 [3]
A Vintage Contemporaries Original, November 1987, First Edition
Contents: π1a author photo with excerpt, π1b blank, π2a half-title, π2b blank, π3a title, π3b imprint, π4a dedication, π4b blank, π5a epigraph, π5b blank, 1 fly-title, 2 blank, 3-227 A Narrow Time: 3 ‘[between two vertical rules 44.5 mm] AN | ARTICLE | OF | FAITH’, 4-16 ‘[between two vertical rules 23 mm] DOCUMENTATION’, 17-34 ‘[between two vertical rules 23 mm] UNVEILINGS’, 35-41 ‘[between two vertical rules 44 mm] THE | FACE OF | GOD’, 42-57 ‘[between two vertical rules 33.5 mm] HALF-SEEN | OR LOST?’, 58-79 ‘[between two vertical rules 44 mm] THE | BLINDED | PUBLIC EYE’, 80-115 ‘[between two vertical rules 23 mm] INVOCATIONS’, 116-155 ‘[between two vertical rules 44 mm] WHOSE | CHILD | IS THIS?’, 156-218 ‘[between two vertical rules 44 mm] FEAR | OF | INNOCENCE’, 219-226 ‘[between two vertical rules 23 mm] DOCUMENTATION’, 227 ‘[between two vertical rules 55 mm] AN | AMENDED | ARTICLE OF | FAITH’; χ1b about the author, χ2a Vintage Contemporaries order form, χ2b Vintage Contemporaries list.
Cover design by Lorraine Louie; cover illustration by Rick Lovell; interior author photo by Peter Bryant.
Copyright: © 1987. ISBN: 0-394-75568-5. Price: $6.95. A Narrow Time was first published by Vintage Contemporaries 1987.
Copies: JDP 1.1
Blurbs
- (front cover) A novel of great power and wisdom. Michael Downing knows about the undertow of family life—the secrets, lies, and nostalgia for things that never were. – Susanna Kaysen
- Anne Fosicker describes herself as “one of those people who have no sense of direction,” who follow prescribed routes even to the supermarket and the bank. But the disappearance of her youngest child precipitates an internal and often painful search, a drama as intriguing as the abduction of her daughter. A Narrow Time marks the debut of a resourceful, sophisticated storyteller with an extraordinary ability to explore the passions and evasions of his characters.
- A fine novel in every regard: a moving story told in a distinct voice about characters we can really care about. – James Carroll, author of Mortal Friends
- A tour de force! Michael Downing is a he? I never thought he was anything but female, so convincing is his fictional voice. How well he gets into the mind of the narrator in this remarkably well-written book on a very current subject. An astounding accomplishment. – Susan Kenney, author of In Another Country