Valancourt Books
  • Home
  • Info
    • Our History
    • Who We Are
    • Where to Buy
    • FAQ
    • Contact
    • Gift Cards
  • Catalogue
    • Valancourt Classics
    • Horror & Science Fiction
    • LGBT Classics
    • International Series
    • Gothic & Romantic
    • Victorian & Edwardian
    • Vintage Thrills and Chills
    • Limited Editions
    • audiobooks
  • Authors
  • Booksellers
  • Merch
Picture
Picture
BOOK DETAILS
Trade paper

ISBN-13: 978-1948405256
List Price: $16.99 U.S.
Pages: 190

Published: 2019
Narrow Rooms (1978)
James Purdy


Purchase paperback
Book Depository
​
Released from a prison sentence for manslaughter, Sidney De Lakes returns home to West Virginia, where, in order to exorcise the memory of the lover he killed, he must keep his appointment with destiny in the shape of the man known as “the Renderer”. In this story of the powerful, violent passions of four young men in the remote Appalachians, James Purdy has crafted one of his most haunting and memorable works.
​

Long neglected, James Purdy (1914-2009) is being rediscovered as one of the masters of 20th-century American fiction, and in Narrow Rooms (1978), which Giordano Tedoldi in the new introduction to this edition likens to classic works of Greek tragedy, Purdy is at his very best.

REVIEWS

“I read Narrow Rooms with delight and awe . . . It is a dark and splendid affair.” - Gore Vidal

“A spellbinder from the master of the modern tale.” - The Antioch Review

“A breathtaking and overpowering narrative concerning the sexual passion among four young men in a remote West Virginia mountain town.” - London Review of Books

ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH ONLINE RETAILERS

PAPERBACK
​Amazon US
Amazon UK

Barnes and Noble
EBOOK
Kindle US
​Kindle UK
Nook
​Kobo
iTunes
AUDIOBOOK
Audible US
Audible UK
​iTunes

MORE TITLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Picture

"We owe a debt of gratitude to the publisher Valancourt, whose aim is to resurrect some neglected works of literature, especially those incorporating a supernatural strand, and make them available to a new readership." 
- Times Literary Supplement

INFO

Our History
What We Publish
Who We Are
Contact
Shipping FAQ

OUR CATALOGUE

Literary Fiction
Horror & Science Fiction
Vintage Thrills and Chills
LGBT Interest
Gothic & Romantic
Victorian & Edwardian

BUY FROM US

Booksellers
Valancourt Books | PO Box 6373, Richmond, VA 23230 | 804.873.8528 | email
Copyright © 2024 by Valancourt Books, LLC. All rights reserved. Valancourt Books® is a registered trademark of Valancourt Books, LLC.
Banner art by M.S. Corley