Bibliographical Description
87.04.W033: Kaysen – Asa, as I Knew Him
ASA, AS I KNEW HIM | Susanna Kaysen | VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES | VINTAGE BOOKS | A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE | NEW YORK
88 leaves, pp. [8] 1–4 5-12 13–14 15-37 38–40 41-77 78–80 81-136 137–138 139-147 148–150 151-159 [9]
A Vintage Contemporaries Original, April 1987, First Edition
Original publication: A Vintage Contemporaries Original
Contents: π1a author photo with excerpt, π1b blank, π2a half-title, π2b blank, π3a title, π3b imprint, π4a dedication, π4b blank, 1 fly-title, 2 blank, 3-159 Asa, As I Knew Him: 3-12 ‘ASA ENTERS’, 13-37 ‘DINAH PROVIDES | BACKGROUND’, 38 blank, 39-77 ‘THE ANGEL OF | MONADNOCK | I’, 78 blank, 79-136 ‘THE ANGEL OF | MONADNOCK | II’, 137-147 ‘THE DISCREPANCIES’, 148 blank, 149-159; χ1b blank, χ2a about the author, χ2b blank, χ3a Vintage Contemporaries list, χ3b Vintage Contemporaries order form, χ4a blank, χ4b blank, χ5a blank, χ5b blank.
Cover design by Lorraine Louie; cover illustration by Rick Lovell; interior author photo by Richard Toupin.
Copyright: © 1987. ISBN: 0-394-74985-5. Price: $4.95. Asa, As I Knew Him was first published by Vintage Contemporaries 1987.
Copies: JDP 1.1
Blurbs
- (front cover) A wonderfully seductive investigation of the mysterious disparity between lust and passion, obsession and desire. – Robb Forman Dew
- Dinah Sachs and Asa Thayer have had a love affair, but, as Dinah says, she’s not telling “that story but another, the skeleton, the essence within the story.” That essence is her imagined reconstruction of Asa’s youth. Her narrative reveals the events that shaped the “happy, handsome man,” the soulless persona he uses to keep the world—and Dinah—at a distance.
- A book to touch both heart and mind, a story that reminds me of a sharp, sad memory. In a deep sense, Asa, As I Knew Him is about how love eventually—and inevitably—turns into fiction. – Josephine Humphreys, author of Dreams of Sleep, winner of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award for First Novel
- Susanna Kaysen unravels her tale with great care and subtle lyricism. It is a pleasure to discover this new voice. – Robb Forman Dew, author of The Time of Her Life and Dale Loves Sophie to Death (winner of the American Book Award for First Fiction)