1991, ISBN: 9780394582139

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New York. 1991. November 1991. Simon & Schuster. 1st American Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0671679961. Translated from the Spanish by Suzanne Jill Levine. 189 pages. hardcover. … Más…

New York. 1991. November 1991. Simon & Schuster. 1st American Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0671679961. Translated from the Spanish by Suzanne Jill Levine. 189 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Louise Fili. Jacket illustration by John Martinez. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer. FROM THE PUBLISHER - TROPICAL NIGHT FAILING, Manuel Puig's last work, written just before his premature death in 1990, involves characters at the margins of society - in this case, the world of the elderly. Confined by age, and in a country not their own, Puig’s characters spin a mesmerizing tale. At the heart of the story are two aged Argentine sisters, Luci and Nidia, living in self-imposed exile in Brazil. At eighty, Luci has outlived her husband, having tended him throughout a debilitating illness. Nidia has tragically lost her daughter to cancer. Together they share a life of gentle gossip against the tropical background of Rio. But through their sisterly conversations, Puig reveals the chaos and violence of the world around them. There is their neighbor, Silvia, a middle-aged psychologist forced to leave Buenos Aires during a Peronist purge; having survived a number of skewed love affairs, she becomes entangled in a bizarre sexual relationship with a grieving widower. There is Rinaldo, the smiling, handsome night watchman who wins Nidia’s friendly attentions; in time she learns he is preying on her thirteen-year-old maid. Then there are the seemingly harmless construction workers across the street; by night they engage in debauched orgies with captive women. These stories become the avenues through which Luci and Nidia vicariously encounter the vicissitudes of life, isolated as they are from the mainstream. The dialogue moves from the banal to the personal and then to the most profound questions of dependency and cruelty. inventory #15510 ISBN: 0671679961., 0, New York: Knopf. Very Good 22 cm. Condition very good in pictorial jacket, tan boards with black cloth spine, DJ very good, a small dent at spine area about 1/4th from the top, clean tight 1st edition. From Publishers Weekly: "I don't think you can ever get to know me really well unless you understand I happen to be a very mind-oriented sort of person, " proclaims a character in one of 13 stories collected here. The life of the mind, a rather moribund life played out in Southern California, is the book's general province. And while the bizarre predicaments of characters suggest a wayward mission to rewrite Kafka, Bradfield ( The History of Luminous Motion ) is no Kafka: the idiosyncratic ratiocinations of his people don't indicate a serious contest between Man and Fate, and since his way with physical description is impatient and jaundiced (his idea of supplying local color is to rattle off brand names), our attention frequently struggles in a vacuum. In the title story, a man dreams that he is one of various subspecies of wolf, alienating family, boss and the reader; neither mainstream nor fringe therapists provide a cure. "Dazzle, " an episode from the life of a down-at-the-heels intellectual who happens to be a dog, is the most graceful and appealing (if somewhat fey) offering. Other stories are populated by a limited stock of types: sophomoric husbands, well-meaning wives, and earnest but vapid cultists and psychological derelicts of both sexes. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1990., Knopf, 1990, 3<

1990, ISBN: 9780394582139

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USA: Grove Press, Inc., 1970. 128 pages with over 100 illustrations. "This is a bizarre film about a filmmaker who wants fo make his own film, but who, in order to raise money, must … Más…

USA: Grove Press, Inc., 1970. 128 pages with over 100 illustrations. "This is a bizarre film about a filmmaker who wants fo make his own film, but who, in order to raise money, must first make some stag films; the book is the complete scenario of the film with 100+ b&w stills and the dialogue" >> Minor creasing to front covers.. First Edition By This Publisher,. Soft Cover. FINE+, Near New. Illus. by PHOTO Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Mass Market Paperback.., Grove Press, Inc., 1970, 5, New York: Knopf. Very Good 22 cm. Condition very good in pictorial jacket, tan boards with black cloth spine, DJ very good, a small dent at spine area about 1/4th from the top, clean tight 1st edition. From Publishers Weekly: "I don't think you can ever get to know me really well unless you understand I happen to be a very mind-oriented sort of person, " proclaims a character in one of 13 stories collected here. The life of the mind, a rather moribund life played out in Southern California, is the book's general province. And while the bizarre predicaments of characters suggest a wayward mission to rewrite Kafka, Bradfield ( The History of Luminous Motion ) is no Kafka: the idiosyncratic ratiocinations of his people don't indicate a serious contest between Man and Fate, and since his way with physical description is impatient and jaundiced (his idea of supplying local color is to rattle off brand names), our attention frequently struggles in a vacuum. In the title story, a man dreams that he is one of various subspecies of wolf, alienating family, boss and the reader; neither mainstream nor fringe therapists provide a cure. "Dazzle, " an episode from the life of a down-at-the-heels intellectual who happens to be a dog, is the most graceful and appealing (if somewhat fey) offering. Other stories are populated by a limited stock of types: sophomoric husbands, well-meaning wives, and earnest but vapid cultists and psychological derelicts of both sexes. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1990., Knopf, 1990, 3<

1990, ISBN: 0394582136

Pasta dura

[EAN: 9780394582139], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Knopf, New York], FICTION, Jacket, Very Good 22 cm. Condition very good in pictorial jacket, tan boards with black cloth spine, D… Más…

[EAN: 9780394582139], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Knopf, New York], FICTION, Jacket, Very Good 22 cm. Condition very good in pictorial jacket, tan boards with black cloth spine, DJ very good, a small dent at spine area about 1/4th from the top, clean tight 1st edition. From Publishers Weekly: "I don't think you can ever get to know me really well unless you understand I happen to be a very mind-oriented sort of person, " proclaims a character in one of 13 stories collected here. The life of the mind, a rather moribund life played out in Southern California, is the book's general province. And while the bizarre predicaments of characters suggest a wayward mission to rewrite Kafka, Bradfield ( The History of Luminous Motion ) is no Kafka: the idiosyncratic ratiocinations of his people don't indicate a serious contest between Man and Fate, and since his way with physical description is impatient and jaundiced (his idea of supplying local color is to rattle off brand names), our attention frequently struggles in a vacuum. In the title story, a man dreams that he is one of various subspecies of wolf, alienating family, boss and the reader; neither mainstream nor fringe therapists provide a cure. "Dazzle, " an episode from the life of a down-at-the-heels intellectual who happens to be a dog, is the most graceful and appealing (if somewhat fey) offering. Other stories are populated by a limited stock of types: sophomoric husbands, well-meaning wives, and earnest but vapid cultists and psychological derelicts of both sexes. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc., Books<

1990, ISBN: 9780394582139

Pasta dura

New York: Knopf. Very Good 22 cm. Condition very good in pictorial jacket, tan boards with black cloth spine, DJ very good, a small dent at spine area about 1/4th from the top, clean tig… Más…

New York: Knopf. Very Good 22 cm. Condition very good in pictorial jacket, tan boards with black cloth spine, DJ very good, a small dent at spine area about 1/4th from the top, clean tight 1st edition. From Publishers Weekly: "I don't think you can ever get to know me really well unless you understand I happen to be a very mind-oriented sort of person, " proclaims a character in one of 13 stories collected here. The life of the mind, a rather moribund life played out in Southern California, is the book's general province. And while the bizarre predicaments of characters suggest a wayward mission to rewrite Kafka, Bradfield ( The History of Luminous Motion ) is no Kafka: the idiosyncratic ratiocinations of his people don't indicate a serious contest between Man and Fate, and since his way with physical description is impatient and jaundiced (his idea of supplying local color is to rattle off brand names), our attention frequently struggles in a vacuum. In the title story, a man dreams that he is one of various subspecies of wolf, alienating family, boss and the reader; neither mainstream nor fringe therapists provide a cure. "Dazzle, " an episode from the life of a down-at-the-heels intellectual who happens to be a dog, is the most graceful and appealing (if somewhat fey) offering. Other stories are populated by a limited stock of types: sophomoric husbands, well-meaning wives, and earnest but vapid cultists and psychological derelicts of both sexes. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1990., Knopf, 1990, 3<