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Alfred A. Knopf, 1988-02-11. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x1x8. New York, 1988; pink cloth covered boards; mild spine edge wear; glossy jacket with mild wear and top corner of front flap clipped; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; small gap at second front end paper; 279 pages.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. First Printing . Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. pp.279 with glossary. clean tight copy but for black line lower edge, slight edge and corner wear, small dent on front middle of d/j Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988-02-12. First Edition BCE. Hardcover. clean pages, tight binding, clea/Original dust jacket over pink c. clean pages, tight binding, clean boards, original dust jacket, Original dust jacket over pink cloth boards

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x1x8. First edition. Minor general wear. 1988 Hard Cover. 279 pp. S. is the story of Sarah P. Worth, a thoroughly modern spiritual seeker who has become enamored of a Hindu mystic called the Arhat. A native New Englander, she goes west to join his ashram in Arizona, and there struggles alongside fellow sannyasins (pilgrims) in the difficult attempt to subdue ego and achieve moksha (salvation, release from illusion). "S." details her adventures in letters and tapes dispatched to her husband, her daughter, her brother, her dentist, her hairdresser, and her psychiatrist-messages cleverly designed to keep her old world in order while she is creating for herself a new one.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1988. Book Club Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A pristine book. Minor scratch on DJ spine, else Fine.. "A spiritual adventure story . . . Updike fully inhabits his imperfect matron. Her voice, which can sweep from the heights of religious fluff to the swamps of bathos in astonishing feats of non sequitur, is a wonderful comic invention."-Newsweek "One of Updike's lightest, funniest, and shyest fictions a comedy about the sneaky economies of the spirit."-The New Yorker

Size: 5x1x8;

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.