The Big Sleep Tapa dura - 2018

Name: The Big Sleep
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Author: Chandler, Raymond
ISBN: 9781618953308

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The Big Sleep is a crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about hardboiled detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 starring Humphry Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and again in 1978 starring Robert Mitchum. The story is noted for its complexity and is heavily influenced by classic Greek tragedy, with many characters double-crossing each other and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. -

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The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 and again in 1978.

The story is noted for its complexity, with many characters double-crossing each other and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination in the book about "sleeping the big sleep".

Identificación de primeras ediciones

First edition published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1939. Stated first edition on the copyright page and $2.00 price point on the dust jacket. The initial edition barely sold 13,000. It was not until after the 1946 film that the novel gained in popularity.

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Título The Big Sleep
Autor Raymond Chandler
Encuadernación Tapa dura
Páginas 178
Volúmenes 1
Idioma ENG
Editorial Bibliotech Press
Fecha de publicación 2018-07-29
Features Dust Cover
ISBN 9781618953308 / 1618953303
Peso 0.92 libras (0.42 kg)
Dimensiones 9 x 6 x 0.56 pulgadas (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.42 cm)
Nivel de lectura 660
Temas
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Cultural Region: Southern California
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Locality: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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The Big Sleep

de Chandler, Raymond

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Usado - Very Good

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Hardcover

ISBN 10 / ISBN 13

9781618953308 / 1618953303

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Bibliotech Press, 2018. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.