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Dream of Scipio
de Pears Iain
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 067697290X
- ISBN 13
- 9780676972900
- Librería
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Toronto, Ont: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 067697290X . Black hardcover / gilt lettering on spine, near fine. DJ unclipped with some rubbing. " This novel about idealism and its attendant disappointments begins in the fifth century B. C. E. , when a scholarly writer named Manlius devoted his life to upholding the ideals of civilization against creeping barbarism--a resolve that includes armed force. The story continues into the 14th century, during the time of the Black Plague, when an agent seeking out ancient manuscripts for Pope Clement VI (of the Avignon Papacy) comes across Manlius's Neoplatonist manuscript ("The Dream of Scipio") , and inspired by his own high ideals tries to circumvent another plague, that of anti-Semitism. Finally, a historian in occupied France during World War II who has studied Manlius's manuscript is forced to work as a censor for the Germans. Each of these three sections also includes a love story, and each is a subtle illustration of Plato's ideas about harmony and order. " ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 392 pages .
Sinopsis
In The Dream of Scipio, "Pears's finest book yet" (The Boston Globe), the acclaimed author of An Instance of the Fingerpost intertwines three intellectual mysteries, three love stories—and three of the darkest moments in human history. United by a classical text called "The Dream of Scipio," three men struggle to find refuge for their hearts and minds from the madness that surrounds them...in the final days of the Roman Empire, in the grim years of the Black Death, and in the direst hours of World War II.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Bytown Bookery
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2060
- Título
- Dream of Scipio
- Autor
- Pears Iain
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hard Cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 067697290X
- ISBN 13
- 9780676972900
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- Toronto, Ont
- Fecha de publicación
- 2002
- Palabras clave
- 067697290X, Jews, Gauls, Provence
- Catálogos del vendedor
- France; Art; Historical Fiction;
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