Publicado por HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. An astonishing, devastating memoir of a 1930s American childhood. A New York Times Best Book of 2001 Born in the 1920s to young, bohemian parents, Paula Fox was left at birth in a Manhattan orphanage. Rescued by her grandmother, Fox eventually landed with a gentle, poor minister in upstate New York. Uncle Elwood, as he came to be known, gave Paula a secure and loving home for many years, but her parents constantly re-surface. Her father is a good-looking, hard-drinking Hollywood screenwriter (among his credits is The Last Train to Madrid, which Graham Greene declared was 'the worst movie I ever saw'), and her mother, icily glamorous, is given to almost psychotic bursts of temper that punctuate a deep, disturbing indifference. They exercise, probably without even realising it, a sort of drip-drip cruelty, a cruelty by stealth, upon Paula, as they shuttle her from one exotic place to another, from a Cuban sugar plantation to Hollywood to Montreal to Florida, from relative to relative, never spending more than a few moments with her, maybe 2 days, maybe 2 weeks, before they leave her and move on. Paula Fox has a voice of great clarity and simplicity and this is an incredibly powerful, straight-to-the-heart piece of writing. A novelist and children's writer, her adult fiction is currently undergoing a resurrection in the US, admired and lauded by Jonathan Franzen, David Foster Wallace and Andrea Barrett, to name but a few, who claim a place for her alongside Updike, Roth & Bellow. Several of her novels, including the most famous, Desperate Characters, a piercing portrait of a Sixties NY couple, are spectacularly back in print in the US, and Ms Fox is being rightly appreciated once again. Offers the same reading experience as Bad Blood readable, honest, beautifully written, quietly devastating. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Flamingo 05/08/2002, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Reino Unido
Condición: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
Publicado por Flamingo, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A tan to the page edges/pages . Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers . Foxing to the page edges/pages . The free end page has been removed.
Publicado por Flamingo, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
Publicado por Flamingo 05/08/2002, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: Bahamut Media, Reading, Reino Unido
Condición: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
Publicado por Flamingo, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: Brit Books, Milton Keynes, Reino Unido
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Publicado por Flamingo, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: Greener Books, London, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.
Publicado por London: Harper Collins, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: GIAQ
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 210p paperback, b&w photograph cover, very good condition, minimal wear, binding firm, pages very clean and neat, a very good final proof copy Language: English.
Publicado por Flamingo, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Publicado por Flamingo, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: Aardvark Rare Books, Bucknell, SHROP, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: New. W14.
Publicado por Flamingo, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 256 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Novelists, American 20th century Biography.; ISBN: 0007137249. ISBN/EAN: 9780007137244. Dewey Code: 813.54 21. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB10919. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Publicado por Flamingo 2002, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australia
8vo softcover 272pp very good. One of the most powerful memoirs of recent times. Shortly after Paula Foxâs birth in 1923, her hard-drinking Hollywood screenwriter father and her glamorous mother left her in a Manhattan orphanage. Rescued by her grandmother, she was passed from hand to hand, the kindness of strangers interrupted by brief and disturbing reunions with her darkly enchanting parents. In New York, Paula lives with her Spanish grandmother; in Cuba, she wanders about freely on a sugarcane plantation owned by a wealthy relative; in California she finds herself cast away on the dismal margins of Hollywood where famous actors and literary celebrities â" John Wayne, Buster Keaton, Orson Welles â" glitteringly appear and then fade away.A moving and unusual portrait of a life adrift. Paula Fox gives us an unforgettable appraisal of just how much â" and how little â" a child requires to survive.
Publicado por Flamingo, London England, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. uncorrected proof copy One of America's most brilliant fiction writers offers her first book in a decade - a heartbreaking memoir of girlhood.We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Publicado por Flamingo, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007137249 ISBN 13: 9780007137244
Librería: The Book Spot, Sioux Falls, SD, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: New.