Watson's sparkling, delightful new novel--about a French tightrope walker and a widowed Nebraska schoolteacher who meet in Niagara Falls, N.Y., become lovers, perform daredevil stunts and go their separate ways--is a witty meditation on miscommunication between the sexes.-- Publishers Weekly [starred review] "Rich with metaphor."-- Newsday
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Watson's sparkling, delightful new novel--about a French tightrope walker and a widowed Nebraska schoolteacher who meet in Niagara Falls, N.Y., become lovers, perform daredevil stunts and go their separate ways--is a witty meditation on miscommunication between the sexes.-- Publishers Weekly [starred review] "Rich with metaphor."-- Newsday
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Add this copy of Niagara to cart. $12.99, very good condition, Sold by Cuyahoga Valley Book Company rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Peninsula, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Coffee House Press.
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Very Good. NICE BOOK! MILD SHELF WEAR ON DUSTJACKET, NO MARKINGS. "Publishers Weekly: Watson's ( The Runner ) sparkling, delightful new novel--about a French tightrope walker and a widowed Nebraska schoolteacher who meet in Niagara Falls, N.Y., become lovers, perform daredevil stunts and go their separate ways--is a witty meditation on miscommunication between the sexes. French high-wire artist "The Great Gravelet" fancies himself an embodiment of perfection and a gallant ladies' man. Anna Taylor, cigar-smoking, obese, grittily independent and 15 years Gravelet's senior, becomes a prop in his act: he strings a cable across the Whirlpool Rapids next to Niagara Falls and pushes her across in a wheelbarrow on Independence Day 1901. Later Anna, determined to be known for something and unable to convince Gravelet to teach her the wire, becomes the first person to go over the Falls in a barrel and survive. The two accidentally meet again in 1921, in a sad, grotesque reunion. The story is told first by Gravelet and then by Anna, in wildly divergent narratives that interweave sprightly commentaries on art, mortality, women's inferior social status and the differences between an ethereal Continental consciousness and rock-solid American pragmatism. In this assured, witty, imaginative novel, Watson effectively uses the high wire and the Falls plunge as metaphors for the intrepid navigations of life. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc."
Add this copy of Niagara to cart. $13.00, new condition, Sold by Cinnabar rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Albany, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Coffee House Press.
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The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting and there might be a From the library of label. Boxed set packaging shrink wrap or included media like CDs may be missing.
Add this copy of Niagara (First Edition) to cart. $14.50, like new condition, Sold by Dan Pope Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from WEST Hartford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Coffee House Press, Minneapolis..
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As New in As New jacket. First edition. First printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A tight copy, unread, without any marks or defects. Dust jacket is clean and bright with price of $19.95 intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Novel, based on the real-life story of two daredevils--French high-wire artist Jean Francois Gravelet, and Anna Edson Taylor, a widowed schoolteacher from Nebraska, who, in 1901, answers a personal ad looking for a brave man to ride inside a barrel over the swirling waters of Niagara Falls. 178 pages. F-4600.
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Add this copy of Niagara: a Novel to cart. $18.00, very good condition, Sold by The Haunted Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Iowa City, IA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Coffee House Press.
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Add this copy of Niagara to cart. $23.00, very good condition, Sold by The Book House - Saint Louis rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from St. Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Coffee House Press.
