Synopsis
Soothsayer and clairvoyant Primo Verona has such a strong gift for the supernatural that he was able to predict his own mother's death when he was still in the womb. But he needs all of his powers now because Lucifer has come to pay a visit and the stories of man must live on somehow.
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PATRICIA SCHONSTEIN grew up in Zimbabwe and now lives in South Africa. Her first novel SKYLINE won the Percy FitzPatrick Prize 2002, was long-listed for the International Impac Dublin Literary Award 2002 and came second in the South African SUNDAY TIMES Literary Award for Fiction 2001. Her second novel A TIME OF ANGELS is currently shortlisted for the 2004 awards and her new novel, The Apothecary's Daughter, is now available from Bantam Press. She has a masters degree in creative writing from the University of Cape Town.
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Hardcover. Etat : Good (ex-library). Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Hardcover. 223 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Bantam, 2003. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Spine has minor lean. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are lightly browned. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Primo Verona, a professional magician and soothsayer, is born with a gift of clairvoyance so strong that he is able to predict his own mother's death while still in her womb. He is brought up on a rich diet of astronomy, philosophy and storytelling by his watchmaker father and widowed aunt, both survivors of the death camps in Auschwitz. Primo accurately reads the futures of the local Long Street community of Italians and Jews, who pay him in wads of money, honey cake, tiramisu and other delicacies. asquale Benvenuto, his close friend since childhood and fellow soldier in the Angolan war, is the owner of a bar and delicatessen favoured by local businessmen and gamblers alike. Pasquale is passionate and headstrong, his culinary reputation resting on the recipes for the fruited breads and salamis his father taught him to make - a love of which he acquired while hiding from the horrors of the Holocaust. Together Primo and Pasquale form an easy friendship triangle with the beautiful Beatrice, Primo's wife and Pasquale's former girlfriend, but when she leaves her husband for her old love, Primo is thrown into despair. He casts spells to spoil Pasquale's creations and to win back Beatr *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 0593051769. ISBN/EAN: 9780593051764. Inventory No: 20020295. N° de réf. du vendeur 20020295
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Hard Cover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. The South African author's second novel is of Primo Verona, a professional magician and soothsayer, who is born with a gift of clairvoyance so strong that he was able to predict his own mother's death while still in her womb. He is brought up on a rich diet of astronomy, philosophy and storytelling by his watchmaker father and widowed aunt, both survivors of Auschwitz and accurately reads the futures of the local Long Street community of Italians and Jews. A dazzling and evocative novel that mixes magical realism with war, love, death, betrayal and the afterlife. D4B Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N° de réf. du vendeur 003568
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