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The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 has the tagline: "This n...more...]]> 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 4 1 false Mon Mar 19 10:19:59 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 16:47:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 5 0 false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 12:39:01 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 12:42:32 -0800 2009
The library can be seen as a metaphor for so much. I see it as a repository for lost things. These books are put into the library because they won't be published and they won't be read. These are all books that will go unused. They'll be sealed up in a cave and never se...more...]]> 682773 067120873X 9780671208738 20 2 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223638502m/682773.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682773.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 5 1 false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 04:50:22 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 16:48:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 20:38:16 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 20:43:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Sat Jan 10 13:47:22 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 13:50:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 160587 0671781618 9780671781613 58 10 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223440800m/160587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160587.The_Abortion 4 1 false Thu Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 21:38:30 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 09:26:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 160587 0671781618 9780671781613 58 10 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223440800m/160587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160587.The_Abortion 4 0 false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 25 12:05:31 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 05 18:02:52 -0700 2009 The Abortion works in a library, but nobody ever checks out or reads the books in his library. It's not that kind of library. It's a repository for unpublished manuscripts. Authors brings in the manuscripts. The narrator logs them in. The author can then place his or her ...more...]]> 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 0 0 false Fri Sep 19 12:07:51 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 12:16:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 5 0 false Mon Dec 01 19:54:19 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 19:59:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 4 0 false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 08:25:32 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 05:43:12 -0700 2009 The Abortion had on me, and I have the feeling that overanalyzing the work will only dilute its already-fragile nature. There is very little in the way of plot, and the work as a whole has the effervensence of nostalgia. It's part fantasy, par...more...]]> 160587 0671781618 9780671781613 58 10 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223440800m/160587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160587.The_Abortion 0 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Fri Dec 04 06:26:07 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 06:29:20 -0800 2009
I was on a Brautigan run in 1981, end of high school for me. Never knew (still don't) much about the author or the context of these -- "novels" -- ?? Seeing them on lists here is reminding me of them. I am inc...more...]]> 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Mon Jun 16 00:52:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 21:20:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 160587 0671781618 9780671781613 58 10 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223440800m/160587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160587.The_Abortion 5 1 false Sat May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 13:41:16 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 13:51:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 0 0 false Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 06:11:13 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 07:38:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 4 0 false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 09:24:29 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 09:28:56 -0800 2009 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 4 0 false Fri Jul 03 12:29:16 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 00:11:47 -0700 2009 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 5 1 false Sat Aug 18 10:48:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 10:48:00 -0700 2007
It starts out in a mythic realm: a man lives in an eternal library, part of which is built deep into a mountain, where he never leaves and it is never closed. Everyone that comes to the library comes for one reason only; to deliver to it a book...more...]]> 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 5 0 false Thu Nov 29 09:46:02 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 09:58:29 -0800 2007 more...]]> 160588 0224007793 9780224007795 671 58 4.09 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215361162m/160588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160588.The_Abortion_An_Historical_Romance_1966 5 0 false Sat Dec 13 18:19:57 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 20:28:06 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=160588