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CHIMERA
de Barth, John
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394481399
- ISBN 13
- 9780394481395
- Librería
-
Modesto, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, NY: Random House, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1972. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0394481399 . Cover Art; First Trade Edition. First Edition stated on copyright page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jackaet is clean and bright, but has a bit of light toning, especially to the corners and edges. The front flap of the dust jacket has two creases. This book is a National Book Award winner. Barth's work is characterized by a historical awareness of literary tradition[11] and by the practice of rewriting typical of postmodernism. He said, "I don't know what my view of history is, but insofar as it involves some allowance for repetition and recurrence, reorchestration, and reprise [...] I would always want it to be more in the form of a thing circling out and out and becoming more inclusive each time." In Barth's postmodern sensibility, parody is a central device. Around 1972, in an interview, Barth declared that "The process [of making a novel] is the content, more or less." Barth's fiction continues to maintain a precarious balance between postmodern self-consciousness and wordplay and the sympathetic characterization and "page-turning" plotting commonly associated with more traditional genres and subgenres of classic and contemporary storytelling." (from Wikipedia) .
Sinopsis
John Simmons Barth (born May 27, 1930) is an American novelist and short-story writer. His novel, Chimera , was the recipient of the National Book Award in 1973. The novel is a fabulous post-modern retelling of three famous myths. The first, the Dunyazadiad is a retelling of the story of Scheherazade, the famed storyteller of the One Thousand and One Nights. The second novella entitled Perseid, follows the forty-year old Greek hero Perseus in his struggle to obtain immortality. The third and final novella, Bellerophoniad, chronicles the story of Bellerophon, another ancient Greek hero. These stories are told with an interesting and varying perspective, examining the myths’ relationships and how they conform to reality.
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- Librería
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- A46175
- Título
- CHIMERA
- Autor
- Barth, John
- Ilustrador
- George Giusti
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edición
- 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394481399
- ISBN 13
- 9780394481395
- Editorial
- Random House, Inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1972
- Palabras clave
- 0394481399, Modern Fiction First Editions, John Barth, A Thousand and One Nights, Scheherazade, Fantasy, Short Story collections, George Giusti
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Modern Fiction First Editions;
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Sobre el vendedor
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
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Modesto, California
Sobre S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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