The Season of the Witch

by James Leo Herlihy

Book Overview

By the author of Midnight Cowboy: A teenage girl runs away to the East Village in "one of the best and most convincing novels . . . of the Woodstock generation" (Publishers Weekly). As she explains in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671209051
• ISBN13: 9780671209056
• Release Date: April 1971
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The world thru the eyes of freebird Gloria

Who is Gloria ?Gloria is free, compassionate, complicated, innocent, trusting and incredibly alive. How can Gloria help me ?Seeing the world thru Gloria's eyes is a mind blowing experience. She'll give you glimpses, both of the highs and lows of being human. Where can I get one ?Other than in this book, I don't know, though I'm still looking .She makes me wonder whether there are beautiful animals like her still left.

You'll never think of "freedom" the same way again.

I first read this book when I was 14. Five years later I was hitchhiking across the country, carrying my father's original hardbound copy with me. Witch taught me everything I needed to know about living a life without walls. I recommended it to everyone I met and somewhere along the way, left my copy with a friend. I have been looking for a replacement ever since. Although I am now married and don't hitchhike anymore - I am still a Witch at heart.

A gem of a book.

I found this book at a Thrift store. What a find! I read it in two days...I couldn't put it down. Even now...it gives me a sense of hope. It's refreshing to read about this wonderfully insightful girl and the family she finds in New York. Very inspiring. If you like this work of fiction, try "She's Come Undone". If you would like to read something along the same line..but non-fiction...try: "Go Ask Alice" or "Girl, Interrupted."

For the hippie at heart!

I found this book at a garage sale many years ago and since have recommended it to several people. Twice already, my copy has been lent out and never returned so I keep finding myself out looking for another copy. This is a wonderful book for any young person who longs to be different and a little rebellious. It was also a great release for the hippie inside me.

A portrait of a young woman in New York during 1971

I first read this book when I was 13. It changed the way Iviewed the world and helped to form the person that I am now. JamesLeo Herlihy (Author of the more well known Midnight Cowboy) paints an lyrical and flowing portrait of a young woman who runs away to New York City's Greenwich Village in 1971. "Witch" leaves her small midwest hometown to find the "Real" world. She makes it to New York City by Greyhound and immediately falls in with a cast of characters that rival Kesey's Merry Pranksters. They live communally in Greenwich Village sharing good times, good drugs, and a quest for spiritual enlightenment. This novel also deals with the Vietnam war and those who were involved in the anti-war movement. Herlihy brings the characters through the difficult decisions young men had to make during that time. Is running away to Canada really an option? How about burning your draft card? It is truly a crime that this book has been allowed to fall out of print. If you are truly lucky, you might be able to find a copy in a used book store or on some library back room shelf. Do yourself a favor and read this book. I read it for the first time as an adolescent but the message and power of this book affected me at 26 as it did at 13. Paul Hoch 12/6/97 END