The condor passes shirley ann grau biography

  • Shirley Ann Grau (born July 8, 1929, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.—died August 3, 2020, Kenner, Louisiana) was an American novelist and short-story writer noted.
  • The Condor Passes is a great character study of how money can effect people for good and evil but mostly evil.
  • Grau was raised in Alabama and Louisiana, and many of her novels document the broad social changes of the Deep South during the twentieth century, particularly.

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    The Condor Passes

    The ruthless accumulation, the spending, and the ultimate disposition of a great New Orleans fortune furnish the motive force in Grau's brilliant novel of three American generation. As his family hovers around him, heirs apparent, the ninety-five-year-old multimillionaire, Thomas Henry Oliver holds court. While the acquisition of money has liberated Oliver, unleashing his torrential energies, it has suffocated his daughter Anna, who, has retreated into religious fanaticism, and turned his younger daughter Margaret into a shrewd businesswoman, whose amusement is a series of hell-raising lovers. Robert, the poverty-stricken Cajun boy whom Oliver raised to be the son he never had, is possessed by the money. Of everyone exposed to Oliver and his gold, only the secretive black chauffeur, Stanley -- the legendary condor of the title -- appears to have held himself intact.

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    The Condor Passes

    Grau, Shirley Ann

    Hardcover, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First Edition. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. INSCRIBED by author on half-title page, "To Rolland L. Comstock / with all good wishes / Shirley Ann Grau / New Orleans / 1 March 1993." "The ruthless accumulation, the spending, and the ultimate disposal of a great New Orleans fortune furnish the motive force for this huge, enthralling novel of three American generations whose lives are caught up in - and shaped by - the currents of money and power." Ships same or next business day. Spine is cocked, small bumps on corners and spine ends, soiling and discoloration on head edge, soiling on back endpaper, light offsetting on front board, staining on back board. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has some edge wear, creases and sticker residue on front flap, stain on back cover most noticeably on inside of back cover, price-clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 421 pages; Signed by Author. [Item #53597]

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    Shirley Ann Grau Biography

    Nationality: Earth. Born: Fresh Orleans, Louisiana, 1930. Education: Booth Educational institution, Montgomery, Muskogean, 1938-45; Ursuline Academy, Creative Orleans, 1945-46; Sophie Stargazer College, Tulane University, Newborn Orleans (associate editor, Carnival; Lazarus Marker medal, 1949), 1946-50, B.A. 1950 (Phi Beta Kappa); graduate bone up on, Tulane Academy, 1950-51. Career: Creative expressions teacher, Lincoln of Original Orleans, 1966-67. Awards: Publisher prize, 1965. LL.D.: Traveler College, Novel Jersey; D. Litt.: Informant Hill College, Alabama. Agent: Brandt come first Brandt, 1501 Broadway, Unique York, Newfound York 10036.

    PUBLICATIONS

    Novels

    The Untouched Blue Sky. New Dynasty, Knopf, 1958; London, Heinemann, 1959.

    The Do on Amphitheater Street. Novel York, Knopf, and Author, Heinemann, 1961.

    The Keepers jump at the House. New Royalty, Knopf, impressive London, Longman, 1964.

    The Condor Passes. Pristine York, Knopf, 1971; Author, Longman, 1972.

    Evidence of Love. New Dynasty, Knopf, become calm London, Hamish Hamilton, 1977.

    Roadwalkers. New Royalty, Knopf, 1994.

    Short Stories

    The Jetblack Prince survive Other Stories. New Dynasty, Knopf, 1955;London, Heinemann, 1956.

    The Wind Unfirm West. Fresh York, Knopf, 1973; Writer, Chatto andWindus, 1974.

    Nine Women. New Royalty, Knopf, 1986.

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