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Additional authors

1. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
2. Huston, Gertrude, 1919-1998
3. Martin, Dennis
4. New Directions Publishing, publisher.
5. Murray Printing Company, printer.
6. James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Description

1. 179 pages; 21 cm.

Summary

1. Death, sleep & the traveler is about a middle-aged Dutchman, his dissolving marriage, his involvement with two sexual triangles, his obsession with the murder he is accused of having committed on a pleasure cruise. It is pure, brilliant, profound- a short masterpiece of comedy and myth.

Series statement

1. New Directions paperbook ; NDP393

Uniform title

1. New Direction book.

Alternative title

1. Death, sleep and the traveler

Subject

1. 1900-1999
2. Man-woman relationships > Fiction
3. Murder > Fiction
4. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction
5. American fiction > 20th century
6. Genetic engineering
7. Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
8. American fiction
9. Man-woman relationships
10. Murder
11. Love triangles
12. Sexual relationships

Genre/Form

1. Romance fiction.
2. Detective and mystery fiction.
3. Fiction.
4. Dust jackets (Binding) – New York (State) – New York – 1974.

Call number

1. Berg Coll 22-1009

Note

1. "A New Directions book" -- title page.
2. "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.

Indexed in (note)

1. Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin

Binding (note)

1. bound in publishers' blue cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Gertrude Huston.
2. bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Getrude Huston.

Author

1. Hawkes, John, 1925-1998.

Title

1. Death, sleep & the traveler / John Hawkes.

Imprint

1. New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, [1974]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. New Directions paperbook ; NDP393
2. New Direction book.

Indexed in:

1. Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 84

Binding

1. Copy in Berg Coll 22-1009 bound in publishers' blue cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Gertrude Huston. NN
2. Copy in Berg Coll 22-1010 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Getrude Huston. NN

Local note

1. Copy in Berg Coll 22-1009, 22-1010 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Chronological term

1. 1900-1999

Added author

1. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
2. Huston, Gertrude, 1919-1998, cover designer, bookjacket designer.
3. Martin, Dennis, photographer.
4. New Directions Publishing, publisher.
5. Murray Printing Company, printer.
6. Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
7. Javitch, Daniel, donor.
8. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
9. James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

LCCN

1. 73089481

ISBN

1. 0811205223
2. 9780811205221

Research call number

1. Berg Coll 22-1009
2. Berg Coll 22-1010