Vendeur : AproposBooks&Comics, London, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. HEAVY SHELF WEAR TO PAGES VG+. N° de réf. du vendeur 240126/kilham/4
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Vendeur : Walden Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Hardback. Etat : Very Good-. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First UK Edition. First UK Edition 1988. Dust jacket is bright though very faintly shelf marked, rear upper panel creased, unclipped; brown cloth boards, gilt titling bright, corners sharp; binding is tight; pages are heavily age-toned but unmarked. ; 5.8 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches; 152 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 60697
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Vendeur : Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australie
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Etat : Very Good ++. 1st UK Edition. VG++, mild shelfwear, page browning/VG++, Edgewear, small tear (5mm), indentations. The story of the six blind beggars from Breughel's masterpiece 'The Parable of the Blind'. Expanded condition report/photo on request. N° de réf. du vendeur 017371
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Vendeur : zenosbooks, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
hardcover. Etat : Very Good in Dustjacket. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. London. 1988. Secker & Warburg. 1st British Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0436200961. Translated from the German by Christopher Middleton. 152 pages. hardcover. Cover: Detail from 'The Parable of the Blind', c. 1568 by Pieter Breughel. Jacket design by Peter Dyer. keywords: Europe Germany Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION - This mesmerizing novel by one of Germany's finest writers is the story of the six blind beggars from Breughel's masterpiece, 'The Parable of the Blind'. It begins with a dream as the blind men are roused from sleep in the barn where they have spent the night, and emerge, tied together at the waist, to make their uncertain way towards the artist's home. With one voice they relate their adventures and their histories on this fateful day: the day on which, abused by men and by nature, they will become a timeless image of the 'stumbling and falling and screaming' in which the painter hopes to capture an essential truth of all our lives. Gert Hofmann has interwoven fantasy, comedy and terror to extraordinary effect in his projection of Breughel's picture. Entering a world of perpetual darkness, we are made not only to understand but to feel the condition of total blindness; and to appreciate too the ironies and illuminations of great art. A work of prodigal invention and imaginative sympathy, beautifully translated by Christopher Middleton, the prose combines the austerity of deprivation with the richness of human fortitude in a stunning parable about the links between language and vision, reality and dream, degradation and beauty. It is an achievement of exceptional reach, immediacy and power. inventory #42563. N° de réf. du vendeur z42563
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