Publicado por Verso Books, 2012
ISBN 10: 1844678784 ISBN 13: 9781844678785
Librería: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Reino Unido
Condición: LikeNew. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Publicado por London, Brooklyn, NY: Verso Books, 2012, 2012
Librería: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Saramago, José, 1922-2010. The lives of things: short stories. Translated by Giovanni Pontiero. London, Brooklyn, NY: Verso Books, 2012, 1st printing number line starting with 1, x, 145pp., very good dust-jacket, cover price $23.95, very good small black hardcover, fresh copy, appears unused. Collects the author's early short stories, infused with satire and fantastical elements and showcasing his efforts to expose the tyranny of the Salazar regime in his native Portugal. ISBN 9781844678785.
Publicado por Verso Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1781680868 ISBN 13: 9781781680865
Librería: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New.
Publicado por Verso Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1781680868 ISBN 13: 9781781680865
Librería: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Publicado por Verso, Brooklyn NY, 2012
ISBN 10: 1844678784 ISBN 13: 9781844678785
Librería: Mom and Pop's Book Shop,, Wakefield, RI, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. American Edition. English Translation by Giovanni Pontiero. New . Tight fresh strong clean bright jacket boards text. No markings.
Publicado por Verso,, NY:, 2012
ISBN 10: 1844678784 ISBN 13: 9781844678785
Librería: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Second American printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Publicado por London, England: Verso Books, 2012
Librería: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Soft cover. Condición: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 165 pages. Published in 2012. Collection of short stories, published posthumously. Uncorrected Proof. The very first appearance of the title in published form in English and in the United Kingdom, it is one of Jose Saramago's earliest books, published in 1978 and now finally available in translation thirty-four years later. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited one-time-only print run as a softcover original only for the exclusive use of the publisher and author. None of the copies was commercially sold. There is no American Edition. The Uncorrected Proof is now rare. Presents Jose Saramago's "Objecto Quase" in a felicitous English translation. A magnanimous gesture from the Modern Master. "Combining bitter satire, outrageous parody, and uncanny hallucinations, this collection of Saramago's earliest stories attests to the novelist's imaginative power and incomparable skill in elaborating the most extravagant fantasies. Each tale is a wicked, surreal take on life under dictatorship: In 'Embargo', a man drives around a city that is slowly running out of petrol; 'The Chair' recounts what happens when dictator Salazar falls off his chair and dies; in the Kafkaesque 'Things', the life of a civil servant is threatened as objects start to go missing" (Publisher's blurb). "Saramago will be a permanent part of the Western canon. In all of his wonderful meditations upon the ruefulness of life, there is always a spirit of laughter beckoning us in the art of somehow going on. His achievement is one of the enlargements of life" (Harold Bloom). That is to say, more than any other great European writer of our time, he makes us laugh at his pain. "Arguably the greatest writer of our time. He throws a dazzling flash of lightning on his subjects" (The Chicago Tribune). Saramago was an anomaly who came out of nowhere, seemingly born a genius. Every single page of every single book he has ever written makes the reader feel that he or she is in the hands of an unsurpassable Master. An absolute "must-have" title for Jose Saramago collectors. This is a copy of the Uncorrected Proof. This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Uncorrected Proof of the First British Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the two greatest novelists of our time (the other being Philip Roth), Jose Saramago will be read as probably the greatest European novelist of the last fifty years. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSE SARAMAGO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). no.
Publicado por Verso Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1781680868 ISBN 13: 9781781680865
Librería: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Brand New. translation edition. 145 pages. 8.00x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.
Publicado por Verso Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1781680868 ISBN 13: 9781781680865
Librería: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, Reino Unido
Condición: New.
Publicado por Verso Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1781680868 ISBN 13: 9781781680865
Librería: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, Reino Unido
Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Publicado por London, England: Verso Books, 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 1844678784 ISBN 13: 9781844678785
Librería: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 165 pages. Published in 2012. Collection of short stories, published posthumously. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United Kingdom. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original which sold out shortly after publication. It is one of Jose Saramago's earliest books, published in 1978, and now finally available in translation thirty-four years later. There is no American Edition. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Jose Saramago's "Objecto Quase" in a felicitous English translation. A magnanimous gesture from the Modern Master. "Combining bitter satire, outrageous parody, and uncanny hallucinations, this collection of Saramago's earliest stories attests to the novelist's imaginative power and incomparable skill in elaborating the most extravagant fantasies. Each tale is a wicked, surreal take on life under dictatorship: In 'Embargo', a man drives around a city that is slowly running out of petrol; 'The Chair' recounts what happens when dictator Salazar falls off his chair and dies; in the Kafkaesque 'Things', the life of a civil servant is threatened as objects start to go missing" (Publisher's blurb). "Saramago will be a permanent part of the Western canon. In all of his wonderful meditations upon the ruefulness of life, there is always a spirit of laughter beckoning us in the art of somehow going on. His achievement is one of the enlargements of life" (Harold Bloom). That is to say, more than any other great European writer of our time, he makes us laugh at his pain. "Arguably the greatest writer of our time. He throws a dazzling flash of lightning on his subjects" (The Chicago Tribune). Saramago was an anomaly who came out of nowhere, seemingly born a genius. Every single page of every single book he has ever written makes the reader feel that he or she is in the hands of an unsurpassable Master. An absolute "must-have" title for Jose Saramago collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (British) available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the two greatest novelists of our time (the other being Philip Roth), Jose Saramago will be read as probably the greatest European novelist of the last fifty years. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSE SARAMAGO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1844678784. no.