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The fiery and enigmatic masterpiece-- one of the greatest novels of the Modernist era. "Nightwood," Djuna Barnes' strange and sinuous tour de force, "belongs to that small class of books that somehow reflect a time or an epoch" ("TLS"). That time is the period between the two World Wars, and Barnes' novel unfolds in the decadent shadows of Europe's great cities, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna-- a world in which the boundaries of class, religion, and sexuality are bold but surprisingly porous. The outsized characters who inhabit this world are some of the most memorable in all of fiction-- there is Guido Volkbein, the Wandering Jew and son of a self-proclaimed baron; Robin Vote, the American expatriate who marries him and then engages in a series of affairs, first with Nora Flood and then with Jenny Petherbridge, driving all of her lovers to distraction with her passion for wandering alone in the night; and there is Dr. Matthew-Mighty-Grain-of-Salt-Dante-O'Connor, a transvestite and ostensible gynecologist, whose digressive speeches brim with fury, keen insights, and surprising allusions. Barnes' depiction of these characters and their relationships (Nora says, "A man is another person-- a woman is yourself, caught as you turn in panic; on her mouth you kiss your own") has made the novel a landmark of feminist and lesbian literature. Most striking of all is Barnes' unparalleled stylistic innovation, which led T. S. Eliot to proclaim the book "so good a novel that only sensibilities trained on poetry can wholly appreciate it." Now with a new preface by Jeanette Winterson, "Nightwood" still crackles with the same electric charge it had on its first publication in1936.
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Soft cover. Condición: USED_GOOD. Paperback, good plus condition, bumped/ indented top near open edge indent continues clear of text on many early pages; edge discolouration of pages, cover crease back bottom. Pages are not marred by notes or highlighting etc SEE SCANS. Djuna Barnes' novel documents the lives of Americans and Europeans in Paris in the decadent roaring twenties. Great cover art. Nº de ref. del artículo: 5274
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Librería: Librería y Editorial Renacimiento, S.A., VALENCINA DE LA CONCEPCIÓN, España
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paperback. Condición: USED_FAIR. Wear present.Discolouration present.Fold creasing present.Foxing.Scruff marks and small marks present on the front cover and back cover.Scruff mark present at the sides of pages. Tearing present.Dent marks present on the front and back cover.Stain marks present at the sides of a few of the pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: S0000843
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Librería: Antiquariat Armebooks, Frankfurt am Main, Alemania
paperback. Condición: UNSPECIFIED. Seiten; ff. Faber - 1985 : Djuna Barnes - tb - 9-48-3-L5 ND-P2O3-Y9LV Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500. Nº de ref. del artículo: 380514
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Librería: Hamelyn, Madrid, España
Condición: USED_GOOD. A novel of Americans and Europeans in Paris in the 1920s. EAN: 9780571056644 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Título: NightwoodAutor: Djuna Barnes Editorial: Faber & Faber Formato: Libro de bolsillo. Nº de ref. del artículo: Happ-2024-03-25-162c9bb8
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Librería: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgica
Paperback. Condición: USED_FINE. Nightwood by Djuna Barnes. Published by Faber Faber in 1985. Paperback ISBN:9780571056644. Collectible item in very fine condition. Nº de ref. del artículo: 0571056644
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