The Ugliest House in the World-SIGNED FIRST PRINTING

Davies, Peter Ho

ISBN 10: 1862071276 / ISBN 13: 9781862071278

Edité par Granta, London, 1998

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Fine copy in original wrappers, as published. Signed by the author to the title page. A collection of stories which established this author's reputation. N° de réf. du vendeur 002139

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Titre : The Ugliest House in the World-SIGNED FIRST ...

Éditeur : Granta, London

Date d'édition : 1998

Reliure : Original Wraps

Etat : Fine

Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket

Signé : Signed by Author(s)

Edition : First Edition

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Peter Ho Davies is a young writer of unusually worldly perspective. Born in Britain to Welsh and Chinese parents, he writes stories that not only reflect his multinational heritage, but delight in odd juxtapositions. In tales that travel from Coventry to Kuala Lumpur, from the past to the present, and from hilarity to tragedy, American bandits herd ostriches in Patagonia, British soldiers confront Zulus in Natal, and John Wayne leads the way for local revolutionaries in Southeast Asia. These are stories in which small lives are affected by consequential events. In "A Union," a prolonged strike at a Welsh slate quarry plays mystifying tricks of time on a couple expecting a baby. In "The Silver Screen," ragtag rebels join a communist revolution with all the flair of the Keystone Kops. In the heartbreaking title story, a rural community in North Wales copes with the accidental death of a child and learns the reaches of guilt. With their deep vein of humanism and pointed humor, the stories