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William Goyen (1915–1983)

Author of The House of Breath

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The House of Breath 65 copies
Arcadio 48 copies
Had I a Hundred Mouths: New & Selected Stories 1947-1983 27 copies
Come the Restorer 15 copies
The collected stories of William Goyen 12 copies
William Goyen: Selected Letters from a Writer's Life 9 copies
A book of Jesus 8 copies
Selected writings of William Goyen 8 copies
Half a Look of Cain: A Fantastical Narrative 6 copies
In a Farther Country 6 copies
The fair sister : a novel 4 copies
Ghost And Flesh: Stories And Tales. 3 copies
La maison d'haleine 2 copies
Savata, My Fair Sister 2 copies

New York and Work in Progress 1 copy

The faces of blood kindred; a novella and ten stories 1 copy

Wonderful Plant 1 copy

Geist und Fleisch : Erzählungen 1 copy

Selected Writings Of William Goyen - Eight Favorites By A Master American… 1 copy

House of Breath, The 1 copy

Arthur Bond 1 copy

Im fernsten Land : eine Romanze. 1 copy

Faces of Blood Kindred 1 copy

Ralph Ellison's Invisible man;: A critical commentary (A Study-master pub) 1 copy

Ghost & Flesh 1 copy

Der diebische Steppenwolf 1 copy

Haus aus Hauch. 1 copy

Simons Burg und andere Erzählungen. Englisch- Deutsch. 1 copy

House of Breath [25th Anniversary Edition] 1 copy

The White Rooster 1 copy

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Trinity, Texas, USA (birth)

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Roberts, Doris (wife)

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