The Scarlet IBIS, by James Hurst, illustrated by Philippe Dumas

Description: ISBN 0-88682-000-6. The cover is very good no tears. The book is like new. It contains a note to a friend: "Dear Helen A happy 75! This slim volume can in no way compare with joys your friendship has afforded me for over 50 years.Love & DevotionJames Furthermore, you probably read it when it was first printed in The Atlantic Monthly in July, 1960.JRH" About the book: " 'The Scarlet Ibis' first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in July, 1960 issue and won the 'Atlantic First' award that year. It was quickly recognized by literary critics, and the story appears in collections and virtually every high school literature textbooks published in the U.S. When asked about the meaning of the story, Hurst answered: "I hesitate to respond, since authors seldom understand what they write. That is why we have critics. I venture to say, however, that is comments on the tenacity and the splendor of the human spirit." A key passage form the story is the following sentence: I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible, thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death." About the opera:"Now in its third season, Prototype Festival, co-produced by HERE and Beth Morrison Projects, has become a major leader in opera theater for the twenty-first century. The 2015 festival opened on January 11 with Stefan Weisman and David Cote’s The Scarlet Ibis in a moving production directed by Mallory Catlett.The Scarlet Ibis, the 1960 short story by James Hurst (1922–2013) that inspired this opera, is a pithy, profound coming of age story that haunts the reader long after its shocking end."

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Location: Oakton, Virginia

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