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Set in a quiet New Zealand town, this novel explores what happens when ordinary people's lives are disrupted by mysterious happenings. The author transports the reader to a realm of shifting dimensions where unquestioned beliefs fall into doubt and ordinary lives blossom in the Ancient Springtime.
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- ÉditeurBloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Date d'édition1988
- ISBN 10 0747502463
- ISBN 13 9780747502463
- ReliureRelié
- Langueanglais
- Numéro d'édition1
- Nombre de pages208
- Coordonnées du fabricantnon disponible
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The Carpathians
Edité par
Bloomsbury, London, 1988
ISBN 10 : 0747502463
ISBN 13 : 9780747502463
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Vendeur : Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, SX, Royaume-Uni
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Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Publication. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, this hardback volume is VG with VG dust wrapper. 196pp with 32 chapters. Overall condition is Very Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 0012423
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THE CARPATHIANS [First UK edition]
Edité par
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1988
ISBN 10 : 0747502463
ISBN 13 : 9780747502463
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Vendeur : Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Évaluation du vendeur 5 sur 5 étoiles
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition. ***Near fine in dark blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and border to the spine and gilt initials and star design to the front board. The boards are clean and unmarked. No significant bumps or creases, just a slight crease to the bottom corner of the back board. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Dark blue endpapers and an integral satin blue reading ribbon. Pages clean - good quality thick paper used. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, that has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £12.95. No chips or tears and hardly any creasing. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***242mm x 162mm. 196 pages. ***'Janet Paterson Frame ONZ CBE (28 August 1924 - 29 January 2004) was a New Zealand author. She was internationally renowned for her work, which included novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography, and received numerous awards including being appointed to the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest civil honour. Frame's celebrity derived from her dramatic personal history as well as her literary career. Following years of psychiatric hospitalisation, Frame was scheduled for a lobotomy that was cancelled when, just days before the procedure, her debut publication of short stories was unexpectedly awarded a national literary prize. Many of her novels and short stories explore her childhood and psychiatric hospitalisation from a fictional perspective, and her award-winning three-volume autobiography was adapted into the film "An Angel at My Table" (1990), directed by Jane Campion.' [Wiki] ***'At the time of the strange happenings in Kowhai Street, Puamahara, people were living their quiet lives, taking pride in the maintenance of "suburban comfortable" homes, little realizing that inexplicable chaos was at hand. ***As the events of Kowhai Street unfold, the Tararua mountains, their foothills and orchards become as near and as far as the distant Carpathians. Janet Frame transports us to the realm of shifting dimensions - where unquestioned beliefs inexorably fall into doubt and ordinary lives come to blossom in the Ancient Springtime.' [Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper] ***First impression of the first UK edition, complete in its original dustwrapper, in beautiful near fine condition. This last published novel by Janet Frame is now quite elusive, especially in such nice condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. N° de réf. du vendeur 4212x
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The Carpathians
Edité par
Century Hutchinson, 1988
ISBN 10 : 0747502463
ISBN 13 : 9780747502463
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Vendeur : Jenson Books Inc, Logan, UT, Etats-Unis
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hardcover. Etat : Fair. This item is fairly worn, but continues to work perfectly. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn corners, bends, tears, small stains, and partial water damage. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing, if applicable. Pages may include excessive notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Satisfaction Guaranteed. N° de réf. du vendeur 4BQWN8000RGR_ns
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The Carpathians.
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London, Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd., 1988
ISBN 10 : 0747502463
ISBN 13 : 9780747502463
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Vendeur : Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Irlande
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16.5 cm x 24 cm. 196 pages. Dustjacket designed by AB3 Design with an illustration by Dulce Tobin. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The Carpathians is the last novel [published in her lifetime] by New Zealand writer Janet Frame, published in 1988 and awarded that year's Commonwealth Writers' Prize. In The Carpathians we are presented with a topsy-turvy world. The protagonist, Mattina Brecon, is a wealthy New Yorker whose husband, Jake, is a novelist struggling to follow up the success of his smash-hit debut. Mattina, upon hearing the legend of the Memory Flower, decides to fly to New Zealand to visit a rural town, Puamahara, where the magical flower, said to release the memories of the land, linking them with the future, is rumoured to grow. Once there, Mattina rents a house on Kowhai Street, where, posing as a novelist, she sets out to record the lives of her new antipodean neighbours. As she discovers, however, the locals are also 'impostors', brought into existence by the memory of another time and place. Eventually, the town slowly begins to resemble a cemetery, silent and dead still. As Mattina begins to unravel the secrets of Kowhai Street she discovers, in her own bedroom a mysterious presence. The novel is hijacked by one of Mattina's new neighbours who describes herself as an imposter novelist, as the New Yorker gradually loses her grip on time and place. A dense, complex novel, The Carpathians combines elements of Magical Realism, postmodernism and metafiction. Sprache: english. N° de réf. du vendeur 200010AB
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The Carpathians
Edité par
Century Hutchinson, 1988
ISBN 10 : 0747502463
ISBN 13 : 9780747502463
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
Vendeur : Zoom Books Company, Lynden, WA, Etats-Unis
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Etat : good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service. N° de réf. du vendeur ZBV.0747502463.G
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