A Novel of Thank You Historial and the moon had turned

and the moon had turned crystal clear

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whose Nabokovian knack for sentence-making knows no equal

a marksman who can peel an egg at fifty yards

Her work looks back to Beckett and Robbe-Grillet and forward to Markson

A Novel of Thank You Historial and the moon had turnedby Gertrude Stein Publication Date: 06 01 1994 ISBN: 9781564783622 This is the first paperback edition of one of Stein's most revealing novels. Written in 1925 26 (but not published until 1958), it is Stein's midcareer assessment of herself, her writing, and her relationships, composed in the unique style for which she is celebrated. In place of a traditional narrative, Stein explores the nature of narrative, its possibilities, the various genres