The Walnut Door [Hardcover]

John Hersey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1977

(Literature) Octavo (9.5 x 6"). Genuine leather with gilt page edges and silk ribbon marker. Part of Franklin's "The First Edition Society" series. Near Fine.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 235 pages
• Publisher: Random House; 1st edition (September 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394417429
• ISBN-13: 978-0394417424
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,368,517 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Plot..., March 13, 2004

By 

Judy Smith "judylynnsbooks" (jamestown, ky United States) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Walnut Door (Hardcover)

The Walnut Door...a young woman who has fled from her suddenly unbearable "college kid" self...and from the place and even the lover that were part of it...comes alone to a strange city, anxiously awaiting for someting new and exciting to happen.

A young man...breezy, ponytailed, beautiful...stranded by the passing of the sixties whose excitments had nurtured and consumed him, now lavishes his whole self on loving craftsmanship, on the construction of simple, perfect wooden doors, on the mystery of locks, and on the artful offering of security (his locks and doors) to women who are alone...

Guess who meets up and falls in love...

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I did not like this book, March 11, 2008

By 

Joanne Sellner (Savage, MN United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Walnut Door (Hardcover)

I read this book from cover to cover hoping for some redeeming value - I didn't find any. It was a filthy book in my estimation - I felt like I was in the middle of the 60's drug culture. The book was thrown away.

0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Continues Hersey's fine journalistic skills. . ., September 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Walnut Door (Hardcover)

in fictional form. Here are Hersey's statements about alienation in the modern world. Some readers could be alienated by The Collector (c.f. John Fowles)-like story line.