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The Alteration
de Amis, Kingsley
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (v.g.), green cloth boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages a little sun
- ISBN 10
- 022401305X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224013055
- Librería
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. 1st. hardback. Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (v.g.), green cloth boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages a little sunned otherwise unmarked and crisp.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Hubert Anvil is a 10 year old boy blessed with the voice of an angel. The Church hierarchy decrees that Hubert should be turned into a castrato - an alteration that could bring Hubert fame and fortune, but would also cut him off from an adult world he is curious to discover. In a dystopian world where Martin Luther never reformed and where the Holy Office's power is absolute, where will Hubert turn if he decides to defy their wishes?
Sinopsis
KINGSLEY AMIS was born in south London in 1922 and was educated at the City of London School and St John's College, Oxford. After the publication of Lucky Jim in 1954, Kingsley Amis wrote over twenty novels, including The Alteration , winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, The Old Devils , winner of the Booker Prize in 1986, and The Biographer's Moustache , which was to be his last book. He also wrote on politics, education, language, films, television, restaurants and drink. Kingsley Amis was awarded the CBE in 1981 and received a knighthood in 1990. He died in October 1995.
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- Librería
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- IYC107207
- Título
- The Alteration
- Autor
- Amis, Kingsley
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (v.g.), green cloth boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages a little sun
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 022401305X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224013055
- Editorial
- Jonathan Cape
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1976
- Páginas
- 208
- Palabras clave
- 1st, fiction, Amis, counter-factual
- Catálogos del vendedor
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.33 g
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
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- Sunned
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- Spine
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
