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Heisenbooks, Fairless Hills, PA, Etats-Unis
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Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 26 février 2018
This book is in very good condition, and it is from the stated year that the listing says it was printed. N° de réf. du vendeur MED-KF-vg-062323-114488
Titre : Darling
Éditeur : Scarborough, ON: New American Library / Signet Book # D2766 1st Edition
Date d'édition : 2065
Reliure : Mass Market Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Vendeur : 2nd Life Books, Burlington, NJ, Etats-Unis
Etat : good. Used book in good condition. May have some wear to binding, spine, cover, and pages. Some light highlighting markings writing may be present. May have some stickers and or sticker residue present. May be Ex-lib. copy. May NOT include discs, or access code or other supplemental material. We ship Monday-Saturday and respond to inquiries within 24 hours. N° de réf. du vendeur BXM.90Q8
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Vendeur : Crappy Old Books, Barry, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. There are novels that concern themselves with anguish, alienation and the collapse of civilisation, and then there is The Darling Buds of May , which turns up with sunshine, food, rural abundance, and the firm impression that life might actually be rather lovely if only one had enough strawberries, charm, and a family quite so gloriously unbothered by official fussiness. H. E. Bates , published here in a 1973 Penguin Books edition, offers one of the most enduringly seductive visions of English country life ever committed to paper ? though, as ever, the England in question is slightly more golden, more generous, and better fed than the one most people actually experienced. At the centre of it all is the unforgettable Pop Larkin and his exuberant, pleasure-loving household in rural Kent: a family who seem to move through life as though it were a long summer afternoon designed expressly for their enjoyment. Pop is one of those great fictional creations who treats rules, paperwork and officialdom not so much with contempt as with cheerful irrelevance. He is too busy living. Too busy eating, drinking, bargaining, charming, and generally proving that civilisation may well have taken a wrong turn somewhere around the invention of tax forms. The title itself is beautiful ? The Darling Buds of May ? all blossom, promise and lyrical English softness. It sounds like a line from poetry because, of course, it is, and it immediately sets the tone for a book drenched in sensuality of the least scandalous and most irresistible kind: fields, orchards, food, warmth, abundance, laughter, and the distinct sense that someone is about to pour another drink whether you need one or not. Bates understood that pleasure, when properly written, can be every bit as compelling as misery, and far more inviting. What makes the novel so appealing is that it is not simply quaint. It is lush. It revels in physical life: meals, weather, fruit, flesh, comfort, appetite, and all the rich ordinary luxuries of being alive in the right season and in the right company. The Larkins? world is one of informal plenty, a kind of rural Eden where scarcity and regulation are held at bay by sheer force of personality. There is something deeply mischievous in that. The book quietly proposes that happiness may depend less on propriety than on appetite and generosity, which is a dangerous thought to put into a reader?s head. And naturally there is a delicious irony to the whole enterprise. The Larkins have become cultural shorthand for a certain fantasy of England: rustic, warm-hearted, sunlit, overflowing with food and affectionate disorder. Real rural life, then as now, was rather more complicated, muddy and economically constrained. But that is part of the magic. The Darling Buds of May is not a census report. It is a pastoral seduction. It offers readers the England they would quite like to believe in ? a place where the fruit is ripe, the family is noisy, the outsider is absorbed, and the bureaucratic state can be fobbed off until next week. Bates writes all this with a lightness that is very easy to underestimate. The prose carries that enviable ease which makes charm look effortless while doing a great deal of work underneath. He captures not just place but mood, and mood is the whole point here. This is a book to sink into. It does not demand grim moral labour from the reader. It invites delight, and does so with such confidence that resistance begins to feel faintly perverse. This Very Good Penguin copy has survived beautifully, which feels entirely fitting for a novel so full of ripeness and good things preserved in memory. It remains an excellent, attractive reading copy, ready to charm a new owner into believing, at least for a few hours, that life could be organised around orchards, family vitality, and a healthy suspicion of official interference. Sold by Crappy Old Books , whose name remains hilariously inaccurate, this is a lovely copy for readers of classic English fiction, rural comedy, and novels that understand the civilising importance of good food, warm weather and not taking authority too seriously. The Darling Buds of May is a book for anyone who has ever suspected that the best answer to modern life might be to go outside, pour a drink, and let Pop Larkin handle it. N° de réf. du vendeur 6052
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Vendeur : 2nd Life Books, Burlington, NJ, Etats-Unis
Etat : very_good. Used book in very good condition. May have some minor wear. May NOT include discs, or access code or other supplemental material. Ships directly from Amazon and is eligible for Prime or super saver FREE shipping. We ship Monday-Saturday and respond to inquiries within 24 hours. N° de réf. du vendeur BXM.CBZP
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR008099977
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Vendeur : madelyns books, Suffolk, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Used: Good. good overall condition, . sent next working day from the u/k.carefully wrapped in bubble.All overseas orders shipped by priority airmail 0.0. N° de réf. du vendeur 0716I5RK2U4
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Vendeur : Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Foxing is present on one or more pages. Solid binding. This book is severely edgeworn. Heavily shelf worn. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. N° de réf. du vendeur 123633820
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Vendeur : Kayleighbug Books, IOBA, Cedar Grove, WV, Etats-Unis
Mass Market Paperback. Etat : Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 183 pages; spine creasing, edge wear; Jenny had naively succumbed to one man's charms--and had been bitterly disillusioned. Then, seeking refuge with her sister, Sheila, in Wyoming's ski country, she ran from one disastrous situation to another!Determined to protect her sister from a similar fate, Jenny tried to wrest Sheila from the clutches of wealthy, dangerously attractive Logan Taylor -- only to fall in love with him herself.But Logan was not a man to be defied. He kept saying, ' In the end, Jenny Glenn, you will yield . N° de réf. du vendeur 012859
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Vendeur : PlumCircle, West Mifflin, PA, Etats-Unis
mass_market. Etat : Good. Library sticker or stamp. Book otherwise in very good condition. Somewhat damaged. May have bumped corner, torn dust cover, folded pages, light dust soil, remainder mark, price sticker, other damage, or be bent. 99% of orders arrive in 4-10 days. Discounted shipping on multiple books. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0001348881
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Vendeur : Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
Soft Cover. Etat : Good. First Thus. Mass market paperback, 182 pages; spine creased and slanted, very clean and unmarked. N° de réf. du vendeur 039836
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Vendeur : Bookmonger.Ltd, HILLSIDE, NJ, Etats-Unis
board_book. Etat : Good. Bach, Annie (illustrateur). Crease on cover*. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000708179
Quantité disponible : 2 disponible(s)