eddison eric ruicker (1 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1941. Xxx, 350 pgs. Number 232 of 988 copies. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped at the heel of the spine). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In this second book of the Zimiamvian Trilogy, the royal guests at A Fish Dinner in Memison amuse themselves with the creation of a sadly flawed world and in an instant spend a lifetime in it. The events of Fish Dinner take place before Mistress of Mistresses, although I'm going to studiously avoid (as would, I believe, Eddison) using the word "prequel" to describe it. We actually have two parallel stories in our own world, we follow the meeting, courtship and marriage of Lessingham and Lady Mary Scarnside; in Zimiamvia, we're back with King Mezentius, his son Barganax, Barganax' mother Amalie, the redoubtable Vicar and various others who'll cause and/or become embroiled in the events of Mistress of Mistresses. Having said that, this is not a book of action; it's primarily a book in which the various characters, in various combinations and permutations, have lengthy discussions about the nature and purpose of existence and of Love (yes, capital L) , especially at the eponymous fish dinner. It's also at least hinted that Zimiamvia has been created so that Lessingham and Mary (in various incarnations) have an opportunity to spend more time together. E-231; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 349 pages.