Giles Goat-Boy
de Barth, John
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very good+/Very Good-
- Librería
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
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Sinopsis
Giles Goat-Boy (or The Revised New Syllabus of George Giles our Grand Tutor) is a 1966 novel written by John Barth. It is a satire and allegory of the American campus culture of the time. A paperback edition was issued in Garden City, N.Y. by Anchor Books in 1987 with ISBN 0-385-24086-4 . It is centered on the hero, George Giles, and his rise from farm animal to Grand Tutor of the New Tammany College. His quest is singularly to be a hero, but the tale is a multifaceted one of his becoming.
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- Librería
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 033052
- Título
- Giles Goat-Boy
- Autor
- Barth, John
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very good+
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good-
- Edición
- First English Edition
- Editorial
- Secker & Warburg
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1967
- Tamaño
- Thick Octavo
- Palabras clave
- Allegory Cold War Hero Myth Novel
Términos de venta
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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