Banville
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only slight shelf wear to cover this study explores the fiction of john banville within a variety of cultural, political, ethical and philosophical contextsemphasizing in particular the influence of banville's major irish modernist precursor, samuel beckett, this book places the local elements of his writing alongside his wide-ranging literary and philosophical interestssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough thematic readings of the novels, eoghan smith examines the complexity of banville's view of the artwork and explores the novelist's attraction and resistance to forms of authenticity, whether aesthetic, existential or ideologicalhighlighting the evolving nature of banville's engagement with varieties of authenticity, it explores the art of failure and the failure of art, the power and politics of the contemporary imagination, and the ways in which this important contemporary writer continues to redefine the boundaries of irish fiction
24 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifirst edition, with a lovely illustration on the title page signed by jacques-eugène feyenthéodore faullain de banville, born 14 march in moulins and died 13 march in the 6th arrondissement of paris, was a french poet, playwright and drama criticfamous for the odes funambulesques and les exilés, he is nicknamed "the poet of happiness"octavo, half percaline binding, 299 pagespublished in paris by poulet-malassis et de broise inplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storejacques eugène feyen, born on 13 november in bey-sur-seille and died on 24 july in the 9th arrondissement of paris, was a french photographer and painterthéodore de banville, esquisses parisiennescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
46 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithéodore faullain de banville, born 14 march in moulins and died 13 march in the 6th arrondissement of paris, was a french poet, playwright and drama criticthéodore de banville, les belles poupéesfirst edition with a lovely signed frontispieceoctavo, blue half cloth binding, 344 pagescharpentier et cieplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storework published in paris by gfamous for the odes funambulesques and les exilés, he is nicknamed "the poet of happiness"catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
46 €
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An extraordinary copy of the proofs offered by banville to his wifeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibound in half leather binding with cornerscharpentier & cie, pages, without the black and white frontispiece engraving by rochegrosseprinter's stampplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
27 €
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There is only one le carrédon't wait for the paperback' the times'perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the 20th century in britainit gives the reader, at long last, pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that have been missing for 54 yearsthe reason? cold war ghosts have come back to haunt himreally, not since the spy who came in from the cold has le carré exercised his gift as a storyteller so powerfully and to such thrilling effect' john banville, guardianpeter guillam, former disciple of george smiley in the british secret service, has long retired to brittany when a letter arrives, summoning him to london'utterly engrossing and perfectly pitchedsomebody must pay for innocent blood spilt in the name of the greater goodlike wine, le carré's writing has got richer with agevintage john le carréhe's in the first rank' ian mcewan'one of those writers who will be read a century from now' robert harris see oxfam website for delivery information read moreimmensely clever, breathtakingeloquent, subtle, sublimely paced' daily mail'splendid, fast-paced, riveting' andrew marr, sunday times'remarkableoxfam bookshop st albans chosen as a book of the year in the times literary supplement, the evening standard, the daily telegraph, the guardian, the times'a brilliant novel of deception, love and trust to join his supreme cannon' evening standard'vintage le carréintelligence operations that were once the toast of the service are to be dissected by a generation with no memory of the berlin wall
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