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Metroland
de Julian Barnes
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Fine
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 475.03EUR 427.52
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Sobre este artículo
London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8" by 5.5". None. A fine, first edition copy of Julian Barnes' debut novel 'Metroland'. Flat-signed by Barnes to the title page. The first edition, first impression.Flat-signed by Barnes to the title page. 'Metroland' is set in Middlesex, a strip of suburban dormitory served by the Metropolitan Line. The setting parallels his own youth as a young man from the London suburbs. Christopher is the protagonist of this tale, and he travels to Paris as a student before finally returning to London. The book deals with themes of idealism and sexual fidelity. The flyleaf refers to this novel as 'an ingeniously wrought first novel - one to make us stop, puzzle, laugh and reconsider the state of growing up'. A fantastic first novel from this Booker Prize winning author, Julian Patrick Barnes. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine. Dustwrapper is fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
Sinopsis
JULIAN BARNES is the author of eleven novels, including The Sense of an Ending, Metroland, Flaubert's Parrot, A History of the World in 10½ Chapters and Arthur & George; three books of short stories, Cross Channel, The Lemon Table and Pulse ; and also three collections of journalism, Letters from London, Something to Declare , and The Pedant in the Kitchen. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. In France he is the only writer to have won both the Prix Médicis (for Flaubert's Parrot ) and the Prix Femina (for Talking it Over) . He was awarded the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2004, the David Cohen Prize for Literature and the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011. He lives in London.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 760L6
- Título
- Metroland
- Autor
- Julian Barnes
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Jonathan Cape
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1980
- Tamaño
- 8" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- Novel Debut Metroland Debut
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Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Title Page
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- Dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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