Victory Over Japan

First UK edition. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 277, [3 (blank)]. Red cloth, lettered in silver to spine. Jacket illustration by Donna Muir.

Spotting to top block edge, else fine.

Winner of the 1984 National Book Award for Fiction. Author's fourth book. Collection of 14 short stories, some of which were first published in the Atlantic and Mademoiselle, focusing on a group of Southern belles who seek happiness and a sense of self-worth in bars, marriages, divorces, art, drug use and lovers' arms. "The stories are wonderful to tell aloud. Gilchrist once again demonstrates not only her willingness to take risks, but her generosity as a writer as well." –The New York Times