Richard Powers
Novels:
Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance


 


Misuzu Shobo Edition

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[Note on the uncorrected galley proofs: tan wraps; postcard photo by Sander laid in. 452 p. Advance reading copy cover.]
Powers writes:

It really took me back to see the picture of this one. My first, back when I didn't even know that there was such a thing as a bound galley. I remember they were very proud of running that photo on the front; this was back before the big trend of making fancy bound readers copies that look almost like a finished paperback.

Although these galleys were far and away the roughest I've ever had (not a page without errors), there are no substantial textual differences of any kind. The pagination difference resulted from the bound galley coming directly from the uncut long galley pages, so that there are endless half-pages of text, reset for the final.

 

  • Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance. NY: Beech Tree/Morrow, 1985. 352 p. Designed by Ellen Lo Giudice; jacket design by Cheryl Asherman. (ISBN: 0688042015.)
  • Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1987. 457 p. (ISBN: 0070506086 mass market pbk.) Cover.
  • Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. (ISBN: 0297792733.)
  • Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance. London: Penguin, 1989. (ISBN: 0140119574 (pbk.).)
  • Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance. NY: HarperPerennial, 1992. (ISBN: 0060975091 (pbk.).) Note: reissued 2001 with new cover, same ISBN, with statement: "Reprinted in Perennial 2001." Cover design by Eric Fuentecilla.
  • Three Farmers On Their Way to a Dance. [Op Weg Naar Een Dansfeest]. Amsterdam/Antwerp: Veen Uitgevers, 1991. 351 p. (ISBN: 90-204-2513- 7.) Translated by Frank van Dixhoorn. Reprinted by Pandora, 1995.
  • Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance. [Tre Contadini Che Vanno a Ballare]. Turin, Italy: Bollati Boringhieri, 1991 (ISBN: 88-339- 0630-2.) 3F translated as Tre Contadini Che Vanno a Ballare, by Luigi Schenoni for Bollati Boringhieri (Turin) 1991. Design: Pierluigi Cerri.
  • Three Farmers On Their Way to a Dance. [Op Weg Naar Een Dansfeest]. Amsterdam/Antwerp: Pandora, 1995 (ISBN: 90-254-5618-9.) Reprint of 1991 Veen edition.
  • Three Farmers On Their Way to a Dance. [Japanese]. Japan: Misuzu Shobo, 2000. 415 p. ISBN: 4622045176. Translated by Motoyuki Shibata. (see listing on amazon.jp for more info.)
  • Three Farmers On Their Way to a Dance [Trois fermiers s'en vont au bal]. France: Le Cherche-midi Editeur, April 2004. 500 p. (ISBN : 2749102278) Translated by Jean-Yves Pellegrin.

Awards and Special Recognition for Three Farmers:

  • Rosenthal Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
  • Special Citation, PEN Hemingway Award
  • Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award

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By David G. Dodd

Copyright 1997-2008 David Dodd.
This is a work in progress.
Any additions, corrections, etc. are more than welcome. Email David Dodd at david.g.dodd at gmail dot com