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Ten Seconds by Louis Edwards (1991, Trade Paperback) Signed & Inscribed
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eBay item number:187321897163
Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Novel
- Signed By
- Louis Edwards
- Era
- 1990s
- Signed
- Yes
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Inscribed
- Yes
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9781555971502
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Graywolf Press
ISBN-10
1555971504
ISBN-13
9781555971502
eBay Product ID (ePID)
477413
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ten Seconds
Number of Pages
166 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1991
Topic
African American / General, General, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
8.1 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
90-024659
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
Louis Edwards' Ten Seconds is a very readable first novel, ingenious and gracefully written. It is also very disturbing. . . . Edwards is effective without overt, clichéd attacks on the system; absent are strident denunciations., Louis Edwards deserves the highest praise for creating a human portrait of a black male as compelling and sensitive as it is rare in recent American fiction., "Louis Edwards deserves the highest praise for creating a human portrait of a black male as compelling and sensitive as it is rare in recent American fiction."--Charles Johnson "Louis Edwards' Ten Seconds is a very readable first novel, ingenious and gracefully written. It is also very disturbing. . . . Edwards is effective without overt, clichÉd attacks on the system; absent are strident denunciations."--Maurice Bennett, Washington Post Book World "Ten Seconds is classic in its intimate portrait of maleness, softspoken and secretive. . . . Ten Seconds is filled with beautiful insights about what goes on between men, the subtle communications, rather than backslapping or jostling. . . . This is Louis Edwards' first book and a fine debut, testament to believing and thinking about living. . . . A perfect 'Ten'."--Fatima Shaik, New Orleans Times-Picayune, "Louis Edwards deserves the highest praise for creating a human portrait of a black male as compelling and sensitive as it is rare in recent American fiction." -- Charles Johnson "Louis Edwards' Ten Seconds is a very readable first novel, ingenious and gracefully written. It is also very disturbing. . . . Edwards is effective without overt, clichéd attacks on the system; absent are strident denunciations." -- Maurice Bennett, Washington Post Book World " Ten Seconds is classic in its intimate portrait of maleness, softspoken and secretive. . . . Ten Seconds is filled with beautiful insights about what goes on between men, the subtle communications, rather than backslapping or jostling. . . . This is Louis Edwards' first book and a fine debut, testament to believing and thinking about living. . . . A perfect 'Ten'." -- Fatima Shaik, New Orleans Times-Picayune, "Louis Edwards deserves the highest praise for creating a human portrait of a black male as compelling and sensitive as it is rare in recent American fiction." -- Charles Johnson "Louis Edwards' Ten Seconds is a very readable first novel, ingenious and gracefully written. It is also very disturbing. . . . Edwards is effective without overt, clichd attacks on the system; absent are strident denunciations." -- Maurice Bennett, Washington Post Book World " Ten Seconds is classic in its intimate portrait of maleness, softspoken and secretive. . . . Ten Seconds is filled with beautiful insights about what goes on between men, the subtle communications, rather than backslapping or jostling. . . . This is Louis Edwards' first book and a fine debut, testament to believing and thinking about living. . . . A perfect 'Ten'." -- Fatima Shaik, New Orleans Times-Picayune, "Louis Edwards deserves the highest praise for creating a human portrait of a black male as compelling and sensitive as it is rare in recent American fiction."--Charles Johnson "Louis Edwards' Ten Seconds is a very readable first novel, ingenious and gracefully written. It is also very disturbing. . . . Edwards is effective without overt, clichéd attacks on the system; absent are strident denunciations."--Maurice Bennett, Washington Post Book World " Ten Seconds is classic in its intimate portrait of maleness, softspoken and secretive. . . . Ten Seconds is filled with beautiful insights about what goes on between men, the subtle communications, rather than backslapping or jostling. . . . This is Louis Edwards' first book and a fine debut, testament to believing and thinking about living. . . . A perfect 'Ten'."--Fatima Shaik, New Orleans Times-Picayune, "Louis Edwards deserves the highest praise for creating a human portrait of a black male as compelling and sensitive as it is rare in recent American fiction."--Charles Johnson "Louis Edwards'Ten Secondsis a very readable first novel, ingenious and gracefully written. It is also very disturbing. . . . Edwards is effective without overt, clichÉd attacks on the system; absent are strident denunciations."--Maurice Bennett,Washington Post Book World "Ten Secondsis classic in its intimate portrait of maleness, softspoken and secretive. . . .Ten Secondsis filled with beautiful insights about what goes on between men, the subtle communications, rather than backslapping or jostling. . . . This is Louis Edwards' first book and a fine debut, testament to believing and thinking about living. . . . A perfect 'Ten'."--Fatima Shaik,New Orleans Times-Picayune, Ten Seconds is classic in its intimate portrait of maleness, softspoken and secretive. . . . Ten Seconds is filled with beautiful insights about what goes on between men, the subtle communications, rather than backslapping or jostling. . . . This is Louis Edwards' first book and a fine debut, testament to believing and thinking about living. . . . A perfect 'Ten'., "Louis Edwards deserves the highest praise for creating a human portrait of a black male as compelling and sensitive as it is rare in recent American fiction."--Charles Johnson "Louis Edwards' Ten Seconds is a very readable first novel, ingenious and gracefully written. It is also very disturbing. . . . Edwards is effective without overt, clichd attacks on the system; absent are strident denunciations."--Maurice Bennett, Washington Post Book World " Ten Seconds is classic in its intimate portrait of maleness, softspoken and secretive. . . . Ten Seconds is filled with beautiful insights about what goes on between men, the subtle communications, rather than backslapping or jostling. . . . This is Louis Edwards' first book and a fine debut, testament to believing and thinking about living. . . . A perfect 'Ten'."--Fatima Shaik, New Orleans Times-Picayune
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
The narrator, a Black oil refinery worker in Louisiana, looks back on his life and the people and events that have shaped it.
LC Classification Number
PS3555.D945T46 1991
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