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The Stranger At the Palazzo D'Oro And Other Stories
de Theroux, Paul
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618265155
- ISBN 13
- 9780618265152
- Librería
-
Cotuit, Massachusetts, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Houghton Mifflin. Very Good. 2004. Hardcover. 0618265155 . First edition. Very good copy in very good dj.; 8.5 X 6.1 X 1.0 inches; 296 pages .
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
- Isaiah Thomas Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- SKU1006449
- Título
- The Stranger At the Palazzo D'Oro And Other Stories
- Autor
- Theroux, Paul
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618265155
- ISBN 13
- 9780618265152
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
- Palabras clave
- 0618265155
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Isaiah Thomas Books
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Cotuit, Massachusetts
Sobre Isaiah Thomas Books
Member: Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers. "One of the finest in N.E. (&) the premier used book shop on Cape Cod" - Used Book Lovers Guide. We have about 70,000 booksv Located half way between Falmouth and Hyannis, we are named in honor of the famous colonial era printer and philantrophist, founder (1812) of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, where we in 1969. There we were stewards and renewers of a decorative Queen Anne Victorian. On Cape Cod since 1969, we take care of the newest (1860) Crocker family home in Barnstable's village of Cotuit: a tall peaked Italianate now painted pink and four other colors. The owner's training has included work in four libraries and apprenticeship with the Irving Ephraim (1908) - 1989) who began his own career during the depression. Assistants have always known the meaning of "book person." Remembering with fondness Mr. E. and the enormous influence of our home town librarians, we try to continue their tradition of service. Open Tues. - Sat. 10 - 5, Sun. 12 - 5. Open Monday in the summer.
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