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Paperback. In an age of contested values, Stanley CrawfordAEs wry Seed offers a sardonic exploration of the meaning of ovalueso. Curmudgeon Bill StarrAEs end-of-life decisions illuminate the values that rule his life and his heirsAE and well as the material objects he and they perceive as having value. Seed is the story of Bill StarrAEs final days. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
In an age of contested values, Stanley Crawford’s wry Seed offers a sardonic exploration of the meaning of “values.” Curmudgeon Bill Starr’s end-of-life decisions illuminate the values that rule his life and his heirs’ and well as the material objects he and they perceive as having value.
Seed is the story of Bill Starr’s final days. Childless but with a lifetime’s worth of possessions and a nearly infinite web of extended family, Bill endeavours to empty his house completely before he dies by summoning distant relatives to claim their inheritance. Many of his letters go unanswered, but those who ... Read more
In an age of contested values, Stanley Crawford’s wry Seed offers a sardonic exploration of the meaning of “values.” Curmudgeon Bill Starr’s end-of-life decisions illuminate the values that rule his life and his heirs’ and well as the material objects he and they perceive as having value.
Seed is the story of Bill Starr’s final days. Childless but with a lifetime’s worth of possessions and a nearly infinite web of extended family, Bill endeavours to empty his house completely before he dies by summoning distant relatives to claim their inheritance. Many of his letters go unanswered, but those who ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Normal, United States
ISBN
9781573661836
SKU
V9781573661836
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Stanley Crawford
Stanley Crawford was born in 1937 and is a graduated of the University of Chicago, USA and the Sorbonne, USA. He is the author of several novels, among them Petroleum Man, Log of the S.S. the Mrs Unguentine, Travel Notes, and Gascoyne, as well as the memoirs A Garlic Testament: Seasons on Small New Mexico Farm and Mayordomo: Chronicle of ... Read more
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