1992, ISBN: 9780670834556

New York. 1992. May 1992. Simon & Schuster. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof. Very Good in Wrappers . 0671687646. Translated from the Spanish by Toby Talbot. paperback. keywords… mais…

New York. 1992. May 1992. Simon & Schuster. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof. Very Good in Wrappers . 0671687646. Translated from the Spanish by Toby Talbot. paperback. keywords: Literature Translated Argentina Latin America Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Three A.M. The present. A man emerges from a building, a revolver in his pocket. Upstairs, in her apartment, alone in her bed, lies a woman-an actress the man met for the first time earlier that evening. She is dead. There is no motive, no history. All there is to know is that the paths of two strangers crossed one random night, and only one has emerged alive. The man is Agustin, an Argentine novelist adrift in New York, trying desperately to write. ‘Write with your body,' his Argentine lover, Roberta, once urged him, and somewhere between an evening at an avant-garde play and that furtive early-morning escape, he has followed her advice, written indelibly, and opened the way to madness. Luisa Valenzuela's dark story is a novel of obsession and crime, a commentary on the fine line between creativity and insanity. Following in Dostoyevsky's footsteps, Valenzuela leads us through Agustin's psyche as he struggles through his guilt to understand the nature and origin of his crime. She plunges us, as well, into the life and mind of Roberta, who becomes obsessed with the murder, understanding that it was probably she who inspired it. Black Novel is a stark and powerful work, literary to its core. Valenzuela is at home on the streets of New York, and she draws a penetrating portrait of the sub-city, complete with its filth and sadomasochism, its quirky and marginalized denizens, its seductive perversity. inventory #16713 ISBN: 0671687646., 0, New York. 1984. April 1984. Farrar Straus Giroux. Proof Copy. Very Good in Wrappers. 0374169829. Translated from the Spanish by Andrew Hurley. 250 pages. paperback. Photo (c) 1984 by Joyce Ravid. Jacket design (c) 1984 by Fred Marcellino. keywords: Literature Translated Latin America Cuba . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Heberto Padilla's frankly autobiographical novel is the story of a writer who refuses to give over to the revolutionary state the power of his art. In the process, Heroes Are Grazing in My Garden paints an astonishingly realistic portrait of an idealist movement gone sour, and the lives of the men and women lost in the somber turn of the tide. A web of people-writers and writers manquë, sociologists and philosophers, bureaucrats and spiritualists-struggle to maintain some semblance of individualism in a system that is everywhere resistant to the individual. Nostalgic, erotic, political, and literary dreams form a counterplot, especially for the two central characters, Julio and Gregorio. Julio is a translator betrayed by the system he labored to build and by the wife he wooed through the revolution. Gregorio Suarez, trapped in a disappointing marriage, struggles to write the novel of Cuba while sinking deeper and deeper into a self-destructive alcoholism. Their lives touch in a mutual dream of frustration and aggression. Heberto Padilla offers here a stunning portrait of the once glamorous city of Havana in sharp counterpoint to the grinding drabness of its contemporary life. inventory #8655 ISBN: 0374169829., 0, New York. 1992. March 1992. Viking Press. Unrevised & Unpublished Proofs. Very Good in Wrappers . 0670834556. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. paperback. keywords: Literature Translated Brazil Latin America Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A controversial political figure is assassinated. An investigation is ordered, questions asked, suspects taken into custody, and factions gradually emerge, dividing and undermining an already fragile government. The story is not an unfamiliar one - it is as old as history itself. And yet the scenario continues to fascinate us. In Ana Miranda's compelling and bewitching novel of seventeenth-century colonial Brazil the story of murder, rebellion, and revenge unwinds with all the intrigue and mastery of the best contemporary thriller. But added to this story are the indelible sights, sounds, and smells of a time and place where worlds collide: new and old, rich and poor, religious and secular, powerful and weak. Fact blends seamlessly with fiction to bring to life the fetid back alley where Portuguese Captain General Teles de Menezes is brutally murdered; the luxurious antechamber where the province's corrupt governor plots his revenge; a remote Jesuit monastery that harbors the conspirators; and the gaudy brothels which hold no distinction between treachery and loyalty. Finding himself in the center of the chaos, the ecclesiastical poet Gregorio de Matos offers his own brand of social commentary. Witty, cunning, and biting, his writings deplore the rampant corruption and hypocrisy he witnesses as well as the romance and sensuality of the world he inhabits. His accounts of his own insatiable lust and painful love of one elusive woman provide a tantalizing counterpoint to the mystery and danger in which he becomes hopelessly entangled. As we follow Gregorio's pursuit of truth and honesty in a tainted world we learn more about the complex reality of Portugal's conquest of the Americas than any history book could ever tell us. inventory #16784 ISBN: 0670834556., 0<

1992, ISBN: 9780670834556

New York. 1992. March 1992. Viking Press. Unrevised & Unpublished Proofs. Very Good in Wrappers. ISBN:0670834556. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. paperback. FROM … mais…

New York. 1992. March 1992. Viking Press. Unrevised & Unpublished Proofs. Very Good in Wrappers. ISBN:0670834556. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. paperback. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A controversial political figure is assassinated. An investigation is ordered, questions asked, suspects taken into custody, and factions gradually emerge, dividing and undermining an already fragile government. The story is not an unfamiliar one - it is as old as history itself. And yet the scenario continues to fascinate us. In Ana Miranda’s compelling and bewitching novel of seventeenth-century colonial Brazil the story of murder, rebellion, and revenge unwinds with all the intrigue and mastery of the best contemporary thriller. But added to this story are the indelible sights, sounds, and smells of a time and place where worlds collide: new and old, rich and poor, religious and secular, powerful and weak. Fact blends seamlessly with fiction to bring to life the fetid back alley where Portuguese Captain General Teles de Menezes is brutally murdered; the luxurious antechamber where the province’s corrupt governor plots his revenge; a remote Jesuit monastery that harbors the conspirators; and the gaudy brothels which hold no distinction between treachery and loyalty. Finding himself in the center of the chaos, the ecclesiastical poet Gregório de Matos offers his own brand of social commentary. Witty, cunning, and biting, his writings deplore the rampant corruption and hypocrisy he witnesses as well as the romance and sensuality of the world he inhabits. His accounts of his own insatiable lust and painful love of one elusive woman provide a tantalizing counterpoint to the mystery and danger in which he becomes hopelessly entangled. As we follow Gregório’s pursuit of truth and honesty in a tainted world we learn more about the complex reality of Portugal’s conquest of the Americas than any history book could ever tell us. ‘BAY OF ALL SAINTS AND EVERY CONCEIVABLE SIN does for Brazilian literature what such works as Eco’s THE NAME OF THE ROSE have done for European literature: it revives the past.’ - Jornal do Brasil. inventory #16784 ISBN: 0670834556.<

1992, ISBN: 9780670834556

New York. 1992. March 1992. Viking Press. Unrevised & Unpublished Proofs. Very Good in Wrappers. 0670834556. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. paperback.. FROM THE … mais…

New York. 1992. March 1992. Viking Press. Unrevised & Unpublished Proofs. Very Good in Wrappers. 0670834556. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. paperback.. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A controversial political figure is assassinated. An investigation is ordered, questions asked, suspects taken into custody, and factions gradually emerge, dividing and undermining an already fragile government. The story is not an unfamiliar one - it is as old as history itself. And yet the scenario continues to fascinate us. In Ana Miranda’s compelling and bewitching novel of seventeenth-century colonial Brazil the story of murder, rebellion, and revenge unwinds with all the intrigue and mastery of the best contemporary thriller. But added to this story are the indelible sights, sounds, and smells of a time and place where worlds collide: new and old, rich and poor, religious and secular, powerful and weak. Fact blends seamlessly with fiction to bring to life the fetid back alley where Portuguese Captain General Teles de Menezes is brutally murdered; the luxurious antechamber where the province’s corrupt governor plots his revenge; a remote Jesuit monastery that harbors the conspirators; and the gaudy brothels which hold no distinction between treachery and loyalty. Finding himself in the center of the chaos, the ecclesiastical poet Gregório de Matos offers his own brand of social commentary. Witty, cunning, and biting, his writings deplore the rampant corruption and hypocrisy he witnesses as well as the romance and sensuality of the world he inhabits. His accounts of his own insatiable lust and painful love of one elusive woman provide a tantalizing counterpoint to the mystery and danger in which he becomes hopelessly entangled. As we follow Gregório’s pursuit of truth and honesty in a tainted world we learn more about the complex reality of Portugal’s conquest of the Americas than any history book could ever tell us. inventory #16784 ISBN: 0670834556., 0<

1992, ISBN: 9780670834556

New York. 1992. March 1992. Viking Press. Unrevised & Unpublished Proofs. Very Good in Wrappers. 0670834556. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. paperback. FROM THE P… mais…

New York. 1992. March 1992. Viking Press. Unrevised & Unpublished Proofs. Very Good in Wrappers. 0670834556. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. paperback. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A controversial political figure is assassinated. An investigation is ordered, questions asked, suspects taken into custody, and factions gradually emerge, dividing and undermining an already fragile government. The story is not an unfamiliar one - it is as old as history itself. And yet the scenario continues to fascinate us. In Ana Miranda’s compelling and bewitching novel of seventeenth-century colonial Brazil the story of murder, rebellion, and revenge unwinds with all the intrigue and mastery of the best contemporary thriller. But added to this story are the indelible sights, sounds, and smells of a time and place where worlds collide: new and old, rich and poor, religious and secular, powerful and weak. Fact blends seamlessly with fiction to bring to life the fetid back alley where Portuguese Captain General Teles de Menezes is brutally murdered; the luxurious antechamber where the province’s corrupt governor plots his revenge; a remote Jesuit monastery that harbors the conspirators; and the gaudy brothels which hold no distinction between treachery and loyalty. Finding himself in the center of the chaos, the ecclesiastical poet Gregório de Matos offers his own brand of social commentary. Witty, cunning, and biting, his writings deplore the rampant corruption and hypocrisy he witnesses as well as the romance and sensuality of the world he inhabits. His accounts of his own insatiable lust and painful love of one elusive woman provide a tantalizing counterpoint to the mystery and danger in which he becomes hopelessly entangled. As we follow Gregório’s pursuit of truth and honesty in a tainted world we learn more about the complex reality of Portugal’s conquest of the Americas than any history book could ever tell us. inventory #16784 ISBN: 0670834556., 0<

1992, ISBN: 0670834556

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[EAN: 9780670834556], D'occasion, bon état, [SC: 33.08], [PU: Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.], 1992 FINE BOOK, NEAR UNCLIPPED JACKET, STATED FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, PRINTING 10 … mais…

[EAN: 9780670834556], D'occasion, bon état, [SC: 33.08], [PU: Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.], 1992 FINE BOOK, NEAR UNCLIPPED JACKET, STATED FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, PRINTING 10 NUMBER LINE, 305 CLEAN TIGHT UNMARKED PAGES, Jacket, 1992 Fine book, Near fine unclipped jacket, Stated First American Edition 1991, 1,3,5,7,9,10,8,6,4,2 305 clean tight unmarked pages, book appears to be unread, gray end pages, light blue boards with 1/4 black cloth spine, light blue foil stamped lettering on the spine, full jacket color illustration raised gold lettering on front and spine, reminder mark on bottom pages, Books<