A Burnt Out Case
de Greene, Graham
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good 1st, clean and crisp d/j, with a little bumping on edges. Black boards fair (some signs of mould), with silver titling on s
- Librería
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Heinemann, 1962. 1st Eng lang. hardback. Good 1st, clean and crisp d/j, with a little bumping on edges. Black boards fair (some signs of mould), with silver titling on spine. Pages tight, clean and unmarked, some foxing on edges. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper mutilated by disease and amputation. Querry slowly moves towards a cure, his mind getting clearer as he works for the colony. However, in the heat of the tropics, no relationship with a married woman, will ever be taken as innocent...
Sinopsis
A Burnt-Out Case (1960) is a novel by English author Graham Greene.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- IYC40703
- Título
- A Burnt Out Case
- Autor
- Greene, Graham
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good 1st, clean and crisp d/j, with a little bumping on edges. Black boards fair (some signs of mould), with silver titling on s
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Eng lang
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Heinemann
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1962
- Páginas
- 256
- Tamaño
- 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8\"\" x
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- 1st, fiction, Greene
- Catálogos del vendedor
- 2nd-hand books;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....