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Futility
de Gerhardie, William
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien
- ISBN 10
- 0356031446
- ISBN 13
- 9780356031446
- Librería
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Sinopsis
WILLIAM GERHARDIE (1895–1977) was born “Gerhardi” in St. Petersburg, Russia, the son of British parents—he added the final “e” late in life. At the outbreak of World War I Gerhardie joined the army where his language skills led to assignment at the British Mission in Siberia. There he worked in a propaganda campaign aimed at disrupting the Bolshevik take-over of the country after the Russian Revolution (which had ruined his family and forced them to flee the country). Gerhardie’s work earned him the Order of the British Empire at age 24. Upon his return to England, he enrolled at Oxford and soon produced his first novel, Futility , based on his recent experience in Russia. The book won praise from Evelyn Waugh, H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Edith Wharton, Graham Greene and others—but did not sell well. While still at school he wrote the first critical appreciation of Chekhov to appear in English, still cited by scholars as one of the most perceptive. Several critically celebrated novels followed, including The Polyglots , Doom , and Pending Heaven , and he became the toast of literary London. The press magnate Lord Beaverbrook doted on Gerhardie and tried, unsuccessfully, to increase Gerhardie’s sales by serializing his books in his newspapers. In 1939, Gerhardie stopped publishing, although for the rest of his life he told friends he was working on a four-volume novel called The Present Breath . Gradually falling into poverty, he rarely left his London apartment, and when he died there in 1977, no trace of The Present Breath was found.
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- Librería
- World of Books Ltd
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- GOR013726344
- Título
- Futility
- Autor
- Gerhardie, William
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0356031446
- ISBN 13
- 9780356031446
- Editorial
- MacDonald
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 1971-05
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