The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro and Other Stories
de Paul Theroux
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- Librería
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Signed by the Author. pp. 296, SIGNED by the author on the title page.
Sinopsis
"This is my only story. Now that I am sixty I can tell it." He, the narrator, was a twenty-one-year-old art student traveling the world. She was a countess -- apparently cold, haughty, and inaccessible -- traveling with Haroun, her ambiguous companion. When the young man makes their acquaintance at a hotel in Sicily, he finds himself filled with unexpected lust and playing a part in something he doesn't quite understand. Filled with Theroux's typically effortless but devastating descriptions of people and places, The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro is a brilliant portrayal of aging and decay, a shocking tale of sensuality in a golden age. The thrill and risk of pursuit and desire mark the accompanying stories of the sexual awakening and rites of passage of a Boston boyhood, the ruin of a writer in Africa, and the bewitchment of a retiree in Hawaii. This is Paul Theroux at his most allusive and wise, writing with a deep understanding of the frailties of men and boys.
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Detalles
- Librería
- The Edmonton Book Store
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 155716
- Título
- The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro and Other Stories
- Autor
- Paul Theroux
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
- Lugar de publicación
- U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Signed International;
- Size
- 8vo
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Edmonton, Alberta
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