Nothing But The Night.
"But the particular circumstance of dreaming is that the dreamer is bereft of power": John Williams' first novel Nothing But the Night; Warmly Inscribed by Him
Nothing But The Night.
WILLIAMS, John.
$1,250.00
Item Number: 122674
Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1990.
First edition of the re-issue of John Williams’ first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the month of publication, “For Bob and Margaret, with much love, for many years- John Williams Jan. 22, 1990.” In near fine condition. Cover art by Donald Furst.
Best known for his later novels Butcher's Crossing, Stoner, and Augustus, American author and professor John Williams wrote the first draft of his first book, Nothing But The Night, while enlisted as a sergeant in the United States Air Force in India and Burma. The story of a tense and listless man in perpetual reaction to a childhood trauma, Nothing But the Night introduced Williams' unusual and interesting voice to the literary world prior to his tenure as an English professor and presentation of the National Book Award in 1973.
