The City and the Pillar

Gore Vidal

Original title: The city and the pillar

earliest edition we have, 1968 Rivages, 1999 paperback 241 pages

Mitos Bolsillo

The City and the Pillar is the third published novel by American writer Gore Vidal, written in 1946 and published on January 10, 1948. The story is about a young man who is coming of age and discovers his own homosexuality.

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Editions we hold

City and the Pillar edition · 2025 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 192 pages · 9780349147123
The City and the Pillar paperback · 2003 · Vintage · 240 pages
La Ciudad y El Pilar de Sal paperback · 2000 · Mondadori (IT) · 336 pages
Un garçon près de la rivière paperback · 1999 · Rivages · 241 pages · 9782743604745
City And The Pillar hardcover · 1998 · Ramboro Books PLC · 9787215976207
LA STATUA DI SALE paperback · 1998 · Fazi Editore · 208 pages
The City and the Pillar paperback · 1997 · Abacus · 186 pages · 9780349106571
The City and the Pillar hardcover · 1997 · Random House Value Publishing · 9780517193556
The city and the pillar and seven early stories edition · 1995 · Random House · 310 pages
The City and the Pillar paperback · 1995 · InsightOut Books · 207 pages · 9780965319966
The city and the pillar edition · 1994 · Deutsch · 160 pages
City and the Pillar paperback · 1986 · Ballantine Books · 10 pages · 9780345332714

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