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Original Manuscript of "Dressed Like Summer Leaves" and "The Judge and Other Snakes"
(n.p.), (n.p.), (1985). A 41-page holograph manuscript draft, in a hardbound lined notebook, of Dubus' story "Dressed Like Summer Leaves." This eerie, chilling, and finally touching story about the dislocation many Vietnam vets felt on returning home was published in The Sewanee Review in 1986 and later collected in The Last Worthless Evening, and it stands as one of the finest depictions of the combination of rage, alienation and vulnerability that came to be seen as symptoms of PTSD. In this story, about the meeting between a young boy and a recently returned vet, Dubus conveys the different worlds the two characters inhabit, even as they share the time and place of the plot action. The potential for danger looms as does, finally, the potential for redemption. Dubus was generally considered one of the contemporary masters of the novella and short story in American literature and was widely compared to Chekhov. This record book also contains his 18 page essay on bullying, "The Judge and Other Snakes," which was collected in Broken Vessels. Near fine. Dubus manuscript material has almost all been collected in institutions and seldom appears on the market. Unique. [#033256] SOLD

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