The Enormous Room
New York: The Modern Library, 1934. Hardcover. 12mo. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #002817
The Modern Library No. 214. xviii, 332 p.p. Green cloth boards with brown labels to spine and front board, gilt lettering. Top edge brown. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Dust jacket has some small chips to spine ends and corners, light wear to spine heel, chafing to edges. The Enormous Room is an autobiographical novel about Cumming's time as a prisoner of war in a French prison in World War I. During his four months in prison, he met a number of interesting characters and had many picaresque adventures, which he compiled into this book. The book is written as a mix between Cummings' well-known unconventional grammar and diction and the witty voice of a young Harvard-educated intellectual in an absurd situation.
Price: $30.00