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Last Stories and Other Stories
de William T. Vollmann
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670015970
- ISBN 13
- 9780670015979
- Librería
-
Saint Charles, Illinois, United States
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EUR 14.14EUR 11.31
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Viking, 2014. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the publisher:
"Supernaturally tinged stories from William T. Vollmann, author of the National Book Award winner Europe Central
"Supernaturally tinged stories from William T. Vollmann, author of the National Book Award winner Europe Central
In this magnificent new work of fiction, his first in nine years, celebrated author William T. Vollmann offers a collection of ghost stories linked by themes of love, death, and the erotic.
A Bohemian farmer s dead wife returns to him, and their love endures, but at a gruesome price. A geisha prolongs her life by turning into a cherry tree. A journalist, haunted by the half-forgotten killing of a Bosnian couple, watches their story, and his own wartime tragedy, slip away from him. A dying American romances the ghost of his high school sweetheart while a homeless salaryman in Tokyo animates paper cutouts of ancient heroes.
Are ghosts memories, fantasies, or monsters? Is there life in death? Vollmann has always operated in the shadowy borderland between categories, and these eerie tales, however far-flung their settings, all focus on the attempts of the living to avoid, control, or even seduce death. Vollmann s stories will transport readers to a fantastical world where love and lust make anything possible."
This copy is fine with black cloth spine on orange paper-covered boards and gilt titles on the spine. No marks or damage at all. Unclipped DJ is also fine. Could pass for new.
"Gift Quality"
Sinopsis
Supernaturally-tinged stories from William T. Vollmann, author of the National Book Award winner Europe Central In this magnificent new work of fiction, his first in nine years, celebrated author William T. Vollmann offers a collection of ghost stories linked by themes of love, death, and the erotic. A Bohemian farmer’s dead wife returns to him, and their love endures, but at a gruesome price. A geisha prolongs her life by turning into a cherry tree. A journalist, haunted by the half-forgotten killing of a Bosnian couple, watches their story, and his own wartime tragedy, slip away from him. A dying American romances the ghost of his high school sweetheart, while a homeless salaryman in Tokyo animates paper cutouts of ancient heroes. Are ghosts memories, fantasies, or monsters? Is there life in death? Vollmann has always operated in the shadowy borderland between categories, and these eerie tales, however far-flung their settings, all focus on the attempts of the living to avoid, control, or even seduce death. Vollmann’s stories will transport readers to a fantastical world where love and lust make anything possible.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- B392
- Título
- Last Stories and Other Stories
- Autor
- William T. Vollmann
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670015970
- ISBN 13
- 9780670015979
- Editorial
- Viking
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2014
Términos de venta
Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
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Sobre el vendedor
Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Saint Charles, Illinois
Sobre Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
Seller of high quality books and ephemera, emphasizing older and unusual items, such as signed or association copies. I try to offer the kind of books, at fair prices, that appeal to me, hoping that they will appeal to others also.
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- Fine
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- Spine
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