First published 1972
The source material contains an error regarding publication date versus archival status. This reproduction presents Peter De Vries's work as it appeared in historical archives, complete with the scanning artifacts and imperfections that mark its journey through time. The text bears the marks of its preservation process, including occasional missing pages, blurred sections, and errant marks that either existed in the original or emerged during digitization. Publishers chose to restore this work despite these flaws, viewing it as culturally significant enough to warrant preservation. The scanning process introduced some degradation, but the core text remains intact. Readers encounter De Vries's prose filtered through the lens of archival preservation, where the physical act of saving literature becomes part of the reading experience.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Period: 20th-Century
328 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown