ISBN: 9781863951500 - the_wreck_of_the_batavia_prosper (7 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condición: Gut. Auflage: o. A... 113 Seiten. Einband leicht berieben, rückseitig mit Etikett, ansonsten gut erhalten. ISBN: 9781863951500 Der Versand ins Ausland ist gegen Zahlung der Portokosten möglich. Bitte nehmen Sie Kontakt mit uns auf. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 320 Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag.…

hardcover. Condición: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Black Inc., Melbourne, 2005. FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. As new. First Edition, First Printing.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. the wreck of the batavia is a dazzling tale told by a master.THE AUTHOR IS A WRITER OF CLASSICAL SIMPLICITY, IRONIC IN HIS EMOTIONAL RESTRAINT, BUT HIS RESEARCH IS IMPECCABLE. HIS ACCOUNT IS BRIEF,DIRECT, ESSENTIAL - AND MONSTROUS. name of former owner on front end page.…

Secondhand, Hardback. [Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Simon Leys Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 In 1629, the ship Batavia, pride of the Dutch East India Company, was wrecked on the edge of a coral archipelago, some fifty miles from the western coast of the Australian continent. Most of the people on board - nearly three hundred men, women and children - escaped from drowning, only to become victims of a visionary psychopath who, with the help of a dozen followers, organised a methodical massacre of this hapless community. Acclaimed sinologist and author Simon Leys travelled to the site of the disaster and learned that, paradoxically, the natural environment of these islands could have afforded the survivors fairly decent living conditions; the massacre therefore appears all the more aberrant. In fact, in its gratuitous absurdity, it seems to present a microcosm of the totalitarian atrocities that are perpetrated by various ideologies seeking to establish Paradise on earth. Secondhand, Hardback.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine In A Near Fine Jacket Pp 113 Illustrations.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Stamps on inside pages. Partial date due slip now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Wear to book corners and edges, particularly at spine. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Body text and binding are still very good.In 1629, the ship Batavia, pride of the Dutch East India Company, was wrecked on the edge of a coral archipelago, some 50 miles from the western coast of the Australian continent. Leys tells of how the survivors became victims of a visionary psychopath, who organised a methodical massacre of this hapless community.Also included is Prosper, recalling the summer when Leys joined the crew of a tuna-fishing boat from Brittany, one of the last boats still working under sail.…