Independence Day
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. True First: Advanced Reader's Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine / No Jacket as Issued. Item #5296
ISBN: 0679492658
An Uncorrected Proof of "Independence Day," a TRUE FIRST EDITION of Richard Ford's Award-winning book. In red, tan and blue wraps. In near fine condition, fine for a softcover edition. A first-time double winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize and the 1996 PEN/Faulkner Award. A fine collectible for the literary library.
Writer Richard Ford spoke to Salon's Sophie Majeski in 1996 about the inspiration for his title:
"I was very attracted to Bruce Springsteen’s song 'Independence Day,' in which a son sings a kind of lament to his father, especially the line, 'Just say goodbye, it’s Independence Day.' I hadn’t ever realized that independence in the most conventional sense means leave-taking, putting distance between yourself and other people, getting out of their orbit. So then I wondered if that’s what it has to mean, so I thought I’d write about it and see if I couldn’t make it mean something else, if independence could in fact mean a freedom to make contact with others, rather than just the freedom to sever oneself from others. Anyone can sever ties, and it’s part of my general scheme to try to write things that are affirming. It’s always easy to write about things that fuck up, things that go kaflooey, and people leave and the door slams and that’s the dramatic end. But I’m always interested in what happens after somebody walks out the door. I’m interested in what they do later. The most constructive impulse in my life is that I don’t ever walk out the door; I don’t do exits."
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