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Synopsis
B.S. Johnson's lost classic has been showered with praise: New York Magazine named The Unfortunates one of their Ten Best Books of 2008, listed in The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2008, and The Los Angeles Times declared it to be "his most daring work."
A legendary 1960s experiment in form, The Unfortunates is B. S. Johnson's famous "book in a box," in which the chapters are presented unbound, to be read in any order the reader chooses. A sportswriter, sent to a Midlands town on a weekly assignment, finds himself confronted by ghosts from the past when he disembarks at the train station. Memories of one of his best, most trusted friends, a tragically young victim of cancer, begin to flood through his mind as he attempts to go about the routine business of reporting a soccer match.
The Unfortunates is a book of passionate honesty and dark, courageous humor: a meditation on death and a celebration of friendship which also offers a remarkably frank self-portrait of its author.
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À propos des auteurs
B. S. Johnson (Bryan Stanley Johnson) (1933-1973) was an English experimental novelist, poet, literary critic and filmmaker. He was born into a working-class family, was evacuated from London during World War II, and left school at sixteen to work as an accountant. However, he taught himself Latin in the evenings, and with this knowledge, managed to pass the university exam for King's College London. After he graduated Johnson wrote a series of increasingly experimental and often acutely personal novels. A critically acclaimed film adaptation of the last of the novels published while he was alive, Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry was released in 2000. Increasingly depressed by his failure to succeed commercially, and beset by family problems, Johnson committed suicide.
Jonathan Coe is a journalist who writes for the Guardian and the London Review of Books. He is the author of a biography of Humphrey Bogart and three novels.
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The Unfortunates
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New Directions, 2009
ISBN 10 : 0811217434
ISBN 13 : 9780811217439
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Vendeur : Book_Mob, Santa Clarita, CA, Etats-Unis
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hardcover. Etat : Good. Minor wear on edges and corners. Clean pages with no markings. Ships same day in most cases!Any queries, just ask for photos. Your satisfaction matters! N° de réf. du vendeur D3-10-08-26-002
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The Unfortunates
Edité par
New Directions, 2007
ISBN 10 : 0811217434
ISBN 13 : 9780811217439
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
Edition originale
Vendeur : Wax Nostalgic, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Super rare New Directions first printing (thus) of The Unfortunates. It is a collection of 27 small booklets inside a box. Later printings showed a Canadian price of $36, while this one is $31, signifying a first print of this edition. Overall in great shape. Box shows a small ding or two here or there. Inside, the booklets are complete and wrapped in the original red band. The first booklet shows a hint of a crease (not a permanent crease like a dog ear, just a slight line impression. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1793631382732
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