The Stranger at the Palazzo d’Oro and Other Stories.
de THEROUX, Paul
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Berkeley, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Hamish Hamilton, (2003).. First edition.. 246 pp. Pages lightly toned, else fine in fine dust jacket.
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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- Librería
- Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 73615
- Título
- The Stranger at the Palazzo d’Oro and Other Stories.
- Autor
- THEROUX, Paul
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- First edition.
- Editorial
- London: Hamish Hamilton
- Fecha de publicación
- (2003).
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
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Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Berkeley, California
Sobre Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA
Fine and rare books with an emphasis on 20th C. poetry, small press, literary magazines, broadsides, and interesting books in most fields.
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