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A Confederacy of Dunces
de Toole, John Kennedy; Percy, Walker
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0807106577
- ISBN 13
- 9780807106570
- Librería
-
Webster, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. 6th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1x6x9. 1981 6th printing in second state jacket (Chicago Sun-Times blurb on rear panel). Near fine in very good jacket. Jacket price clipped, jacket edges a bit rubbed with 1/2 inch closed internal tear on rear corner and 1/4 inch abrasion on spine. 1980 Hard Cover. vii, [5], 338 pp. 8vo. Foreword by Walker Percy. "A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel written by John Kennedy Toole, published by LSU Press in 1980, 11 years after the author's suicide. The book was published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a revealing foreword) and Toole's mother Thelma Toole, quickly becoming a cult classic, and later a mainstream success. Toole posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. It is now considered a canonical work of modern Southern literature. The title derives from the epigraph by Jonathan Swift: "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." (Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting). The story is set in New Orleans in the early 1960s. The central character is Ignatius J. Reilly, an educated but slothful 30-year-old man still living with his mother in the city's Uptown neighborhood, who, due to an incident early in the book, must set out to get a job. In his quest for employment he has various adventures with colorful French Quarter characters.
Sinopsis
A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel written by John Kennedy Toole, published in 1980, 11 years after the author's suicide. The book was published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a revealing foreword) and Toole's mother Thelma Toole, quickly becoming a cult classic, and later a mainstream success. Toole posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. It is now considered a canonical work of modern Southern literature.
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- Librería
- Yesterday's Muse Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2307201
- Título
- A Confederacy of Dunces
- Autor
- Toole, John Kennedy; Percy, Walker
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hard Cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 6th Printing
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0807106577
- ISBN 13
- 9780807106570
- Editorial
- Louisiana State University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Baton Rouge
- Fecha de publicación
- 1980
- Tamaño
- 1x6x9
- Palabras clave
- WORLD LITERATURE FICTION NOVEL CLASSICS HUMOR COMEDY PULITZER NEW ORLEANS
- X weight
- 25 oz
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Yesterday's Muse Books
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Sobre Yesterday's Muse Books
Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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- New
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