The romulo gallegos prize
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The novel received the xavier villaurrutia award in and the rómulo gallegos prize inthis novel is considered as a fantastic literature for its remarkable description of “dreamlike” themes and the complexion of “double identity” portrayed by the characterare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiits narrative is completely carried out in second person"terra nostra" by carlos fuentes - secker & warburg, london - first uk edition first printing - 777p, 25cmx20cm - condition: very good in first issue dust jacket terra nostra is a novel by the mexican writer carlos fuentesthe narrative covers 20 centuries of european and american culture, and prominently features the construction of el escorial by philip iithe first english translation, by lysander kemp, was published in by farrar, straus and girouxour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe title is latin for "our earth"please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website[1] it was adapted to the screen in in la strega in amore, starring richard johnson, rosanna schiaffino and gian maria volontécatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available"aura" by carlos fuentes - farrar straus, ny - first american edition first printing - 74p, 18cmx15cm - condition: very good in very good first issue dust jacket with minor wear aura is a short novel written by mexican novelist carlos fuentes, first published in in mexico
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The four prize winners received unconditional cash prizes as follows: first prize of ÂŁ svetlana fialova; second prize of ÂŁ marie von heyl; and student awards of ÂŁ each: kristian fletcher and tamsin nagelin the jerwood drawing prize was run in partnership with drawing projects ukthe 20th anniversary of the jerwood drawing prize exhibition was celebrated in , and in jerwood charitable foundation marked 15 years of its support for the prizethe prize is supported by jerwood charitable foundation through its contemporary gallery programme jerwood visual artsthe works were selected from more than submissions by kate brindley, director of middlesbrough institute of modern art; michael craig-martin ra, artist; and charlotte mullins, art critic, writer, broadcaster, and editor of art quarterly selected from original drawings, the jerwood drawing prize has established a reputation for its commitment to championing excellence, and to promoting and celebrating the breadth of contemporary drawing practicespecial commendations were awarded to neville gabie and gary lawrencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe exhibition provides a platform to showcase the work of uk-based drawing practitioners, from student to established, and as a project helps to define a wider understanding of the role and value of drawing in creative practice" book in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundoxfam shop mutley plain " a total of 76 drawings are brought together in this group exhibition as part of the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the uk
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'the eye in the door' was awarded the guardian fiction prize, while the final volume in the 'regeneration' trilogy, 'the ghost road', won the booker prize inat the forefront of her story, barker places figures especially menaced by this: pacifists, conscientious objectors and homosexualsa sequel every bit as unwaveringly intense and intelligent as its predecessor'oxfam bookshop cheltenham set in london in , 'the eye in the door' is an intense and profoundly intelligent examination of the effects of war, continuing the interwoven stories of dr william rivers, billy prior, and siegfried sassoon begun in 'regeneration'see oxfam website for delivery information read morewriting in the sunday times, peter kemp said, 'in the climate of exhaustion and hysteria amid which the war is wearing to its close, pressures to fall into line become fierce and take ugly forms
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the baileys' women's prize for fiction winner of the desmond elliot prize we all do stupid things when we're kidsthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'the only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's the people around him who are the problemif he blows that, he's all aloneand nobody says ryan's stupidnot even behind his backthe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for youbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one night
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the yearshortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptional i envy anyone who hasn't yet read it'daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror'independent on sundaywith this historic win for 'bring up the bodies', hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizes (her first was for 'wolf hall' in )by thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifecromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careersee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysan astounding literary accomplishment, 'bring up the bodies' is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the year shortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptionalby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifecromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careersee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymouran astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysi envy anyone who hasn't yet read it'daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror'independent on sunday with this historic win for bring up the bodies, hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizes
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Oxfam shop evesham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the yearshortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptionalby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifei envy anyone who hasn't yet read it' daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror' independent on sundaywith this historic win for bring up the bodies, hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizescromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careersee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymouran astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final days
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Oxfam shop evesham winner of the baileys' women's prize for fiction winner of the desmond elliot prize we all do stupid things when we're kidsthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'the only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's the people around him who are the problemif he blows that, he's all aloneand nobody says ryan's stupidnot even behind his backthe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for youbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one night
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Awards: winner of the baileys women's prize for fiction and the desmond elliot prizecondition: very goodgenre: contemporary irish culturecollection only
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Oxfam shop lancaster this pewter jug is engraved with the president's prize for york regattait measures 5" tall and its circumference is 12"5 at its widestit was made in sheffield, england and is in very good condition for its agesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is fully functional and has an engraved handle
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One of the best photobook in which got the german photobook prize in gold intext: nadav kander, jean paul tchangplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteusing the river as a metaphor for constant change, nadav kander (born ) has photographed the landscape and people along its banks from mouth to sourcethe river is embedded in the consciousness of the chinese, and plays a significant role in both the spiritual and physical life of the peopleoverall very fine conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeintroduction by kofi annan and nadav kanderfirst edition, first printing" (from the publisher) read morecondition: inside like new and unreadvery beautiful, sought-after photobook: martin parr, wassinklundgren, the chinese photobook from the s to the present, page 411signed by nadav kandarafter several trips to different parts of the river, it became clear that what i was responding to and how i felt whilst being in china was permeating into my pictures, he records; a formalness and unease, a country that feels both at the beginning of a new era and at odds with itselffantastic photobook in great condition; signed by the artisthatje cantz, ostfildernare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihardcover in linen without jacket (as issued)outside with very light trace of use; very freshphotos: nadav kandertext in english"the yangtze river flows miles across china, traveling from its furthest westerly point in the qinghai province to shanghai in the east77 colour photoscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledesign, layout: tappin gofton
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the costa book of the year winner of the specsavers popular fiction book of the year winner of the betty trask prize 'i'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brotherit is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fictionand he was never the same after thatthere are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly realsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe shock of the fall is all of these booksbut in a couple of pages he'll be dead'there are books you can't stop reading, which keep you up all nightthe shock of the fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illnessi think you're going to like himthere are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for dayshis name's simon
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the commonwealth writers' prize and costa novel of the year, this international bestseller has become a reading group classicand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantwhen you do, please don't tell them what happens eitherit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil itnevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this:it is extremely funny, but the african beach scene is horrificsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe story starts there, but the book doesn'tonce you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about itthe magic is in how it unfoldswe don't want to tell you too much about this book
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the mckitterick prizeshortlisted for the east midlands book awardshortlisted for the man booker prize shortlisted for new writer of the year in the specsavers national book awardsobserver book of the year the lighthouse begins on a north sea ferry, on whose blustery outer deck stands futh, a middle-aged, recently separated man heading to germany for a restorative walking holidayas he travels, he contemplates his childhood; a complicated friendship with the son of a lonely neighbour; his parents' broken marriage and his ownin the morning, futh puts the episode behind him and sets out on his week-long circular walk along the rhineat the end of the week, futh, sunburnt and blistered, comes to the end of his circular walk, returning to what he sees as the sanctuary of the hellhaus hotel, unaware of the events which have been unfolding there in his absencehe recalls his first trip to germany with his newly single fatherspending his first night in hellhaus at a small, family-run hotel, he finds the landlady hospitable but is troubled by an encounter with an inexplicably hostile barmansee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe is mindful of something he neglected to do there, an omission which threatens to have devastating repercussions for him this time aroundbut the story he keeps coming back to, the person and the event affecting all others, is his mother and her abandonment of him as a boy, which left him with a void to fill, a substitute to find
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Oxfam bookshop hertford 'a cracking historical novel - with a twinge of the surreal - about passion and obsession' the timesshorlisted for the women's prize for fiction one september evening in , the merchant jonah hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstepthis meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new courseits arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors of high society, where he meets angelica neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes onhe has sold jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaidand a courtesan of great accomplishmentas gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see mr hancock's marvelwhat will be the cost of their ambitions? and will they be able to escape the legendary destructive power a mermaid is said to possess? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop st albans shortlisted for the commonwealth writers' prize and costa novel of the year, this international bestseller has become a reading group classicwe don't want to tell you too much about this booknevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: it is extremely funny, but the african beach scene is horrificwhen you do, please don't tell them what happens eitherit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantthe story starts there, but the book doesn'tonce you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about itthe magic is in how it unfoldsthe story of two women whose lives collide one day, leaving one with a terrible choice to maketwo years later they meet again
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Longlisted for the man booker prize run away, one drowsy summer's afternoon, with holly sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflictover six decades, the consequences of a moment's impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imaginingand as life in the near future turns perilous, the pledge she made to a stranger may become the key to her family's survivalsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries the dazzling novel from the bestselling author of cloud atlas
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln winner of the betty trask prize from the back cover: "it is spring and aleksandr, a major in the mgb - forerunner of the kgb - is sent to an isolated psychiatric clinic in the ural mountains to investigate one of the patients there, anatoly yudin, a man long presumed dead, once a famous pianist, now a severely incapacitated veteran of the second world warwe know the horrors of the police state and the purges, but the innocent takes us on a journey into the everyday of communist russia, bringing alive the intensely personal consequences of a regime, the power of institutions and ideologies to define a life - to crush it or invest it with meaningthis book is in good condition with slight discoloration of the edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read moretwenty-four years later, in the summer of - the summer of nixon's visit to moscow, of the fischer-spassky chess match, of the munich olympics and their hostage crisis - the cold war is entering d?tente, and the values that shaped aleksandr's life are starting to dissolve into uncertaintyhaunted by the events of the past, and with his stalinist faith once more under threat, he interrogates his memories of the yudin case, and tries to trace its effects on himself, and on those he loved mostfollowing on from the success of his prize-winning debut, david szalay returns with a searing work of acute realism and bleak beauty, the breathtaking next stage of a major literary career"
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Together they travel far across the land to the domains of the king's three sisters to claim the merchant's prizedebut author alexander utkin, retells the slavic myths of his youth in a stunning new graphic novel, illustrated in a bold new styleoxfam homeware arnold an action-packed debut title for middle grade readers with an appetite for folklore and mythology, who are ready to move beyond storybook fairy taleswhen a merchant nurses the king of birds back to health after he is injured in a great war, he is offered a great rewardbut will they give up that which is most precious to them? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries ***winner of the man booker prize *** forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the line, and the rest of humanity, who were notsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehailed as a masterpiece, richard flanagan's epic novel tells the unforgettable story of one man's reckoning with the truthin the despair of a japanese pow camp on the burma death railway, surgeon dorrigo evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlierstruggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the man booker prize winner of the galaxy british book awards 'author of the year' 'an extraordinary and brilliant first noveldriven by desire to better himself, he comes to see how the tiger might escape his cageadiga is a real writer - that is to say, someone who forges an original voice and visionamid today's india's cockroaches and call-centres, its gods, slums, shopping malls, and crippling traffic jams, balram learns of a new morality at the heart of a new indiawhen he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to delhi at the wheel of a hondasee oxfam website for delivery information read more' sunday times meet balram halwai, the 'white tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murdererbalram was born in a backwater village on the river ganges, the son of a rickshaw-pullerhe works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escape
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Oxfam bookshop hertford **shortlisted for the walter scott prize th century oakham, in somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridgesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough his eyes, and his indelible voice, harvey creates a medieval world entirely tangible in its immediacybut will he be able to unravel what happened to the victim, thomas newman, the wealthiest, most capable and industrious man in the village? and what will happen if he can't?moving back in time towards the moment of thomas newman's death, the story is related by reve - an extraordinary creation, a patient shepherd to his wayward flock, and a man with secrets of his own to keepwhen a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of shrove saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder? the village priest, john reve, is privy to many secrets in his role as confessor
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Oxfam shop clitheroe shortlisted for the commonwealth writers' prize and costa novel of the year, this international bestseller has become a reading group classicand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil itnevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this:it is extremely funny, but the african beach scene is horrificsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe story starts there, but the book doesn'tonce you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about itthe magic is in how it unfoldswe don't want to tell you too much about this bookwhen you do, please don't tell them what happens either
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Ghosts of the tsunami is an award-winning classic of literary non-fictionit tells the moving, evocative story of how a nation faced an unimaginable catastrophe and rebuilt to look towards the futureit was japan's greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of nagasakirichard lloyd parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent, lived through the earthquake in tokyo, and spent six years reporting from the epicentre**winner of the rathbones folio prize** see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'a remarkable and deeply moving book' henry marsh, bestselling author of do no harm 'a breathtaking, extraordinary work of non-fiction' times literary supplement on 11 march , a massive earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of north-east japanheart-breaking and hopeful, this intimate account of a tragedy unveils the unique nuances of japanese culture, the tsunami's impact on japan's stunning and majestic landscape and the psychology of its peoplelearning about the lives of those affected through their own personal accounts, he paints a rich picture of the impact the tsunami had on day to day japanese life
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Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he will receive there, while joan is plotting how to leave himoxfam shop clitheroe a husbandfor too long she has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, whilst quietly being the keystone of his successtheir secretjoe and joan castleman are en route to helsinkibut behind the compromises, the disappointment and disillusionment there lie see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Winner of the women's prize for fictionthe road home by the author rose tremainpaperback book is in very good conditioncollection only
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This pb is in excellent condition, shortlisted for the man booker prize
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Roman empire - lot comprising six (6) coins: constantine i the great / claudius / constans / conmemorative urbs roma romulo & remo (3) please see the photos for a better impressionshipments are likely to be subject to delays depending on the administrative deadlines derived from the application for export permits processare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikishipments to destinations outside of spain (both in the eu and third countries) are subject to the processing of export licenses, but only those from third countries will be charged at a rate of 5%our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham an illustrated series of profiles of outstanding contemporary artists working in a variety of textile mediaart textiles of the world: australia includes the work of artists: utopia awely batik aboriginal corporation, elsje van keppel(king), elena gallegos, jan irvine-nealie, patrick snelling, pam gaunt, tori de mestre, valerie kirk, patricia black, ruth hadlow, introduction by sue rowley
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He participated in the national art events xi ramazzotti national prize - in the permanente exhibitions in milan - xi prize “città di napoli” - in the mostra d’arte sacra, rome - in the “giovanni segantini” prize stsince the art prize “omaggio a tardonato” for youthful artistic creativity has been dedicated to his memory, conceived by his daughter sara and his wife dinagold medal at the v, vi and vii national exhibition of graphics, again awarded by the presidency of the chamber of deputies for his artistic endeavour, tardonato was awarded the marc’aurelio prize in rome inhe started his career in in his city with a solo exhibition at the teatro impero galleryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteartist: franco tardonatopreserved in good condition, no missing parts or losses of pictorial matter, no tearsand in jeweller’s shops of: moncalieri (bogetto - famija moncalereisa), chieri (ceppi), turin (agliani - araldi brusa finotti - mariatti - negri), milan (bettagno), palermo (borgia longo geraci), rho (la viscontea), avellino (barracano), benevento (orzelleca), iseo (botarelli - l’approdo), catania (rapisarda - saguto), naples (errico - de simone - nappa), giarre (d’ambra), ragusa (“salotto amica” rapisarda), termini imerese (palumbo), salò (rour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedimensions: height cm 60 x width cm 80posthumous exhibitions were dedicated to him by galleria la giostra in asti in that same year, galleria prevosti in , the cloister of voltorre insolo exhibitions: varese (), como (), legnano (), verona (smoritz, pavia, unione nazionale pittori e scultori - gallarate, galleria il sagittario - piacenza, maestri contemporanei - la botticella, pavia - vii national exhibition of graphics “italia bianco e nero”, arezzo - mostra de la sensa, venice lido - diano marina - “appuntamenti culturali, artisti contemporanei” - montecatini, art academy, where he received prizes and awardstranquilli), suzzara (fluca gallery ), legnago - verona (galleria ghelfi ), piacenza (genocchi’s galleria “città di piacenza” ), montecatini (giorgio ghelfi’s galleria patrizia ), varese (spada esposizioni ), varazze (kursaal margherita gallery ), garbagnate - milan (la saletta art gallery ), sanremo (glamour ), perugia (abati ), rome (minotti ), naples (vifrarte ), palermo (fiorentino ), turin (quaglino : milan (excelsior gallia - hotel principe di savoia cusi jeweller’s shop), busto arsizio (ceccuzzi), bari (falcone), savona (ferrarassa), domodossola (brizio), forlì (ricci), savona (delfino), busto arsizio (arte idea) - (istituto “la provvidenza” : reggiolo (galleria padania), gallarate (manzoni jeweller’s shop), abano terme (galleria d’arte “: pinerolo (rege-santiano), melzo (la torre gallery), messina (aliotta jeweller’s shop, royal palace hotel), catania (jeux d’or hotel excelsior jolly hotel : milan (gold market) - milan (galleria bolzani )are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimoritz, in the province of milan and the municipalities of milan, bergamo, legnano and campobassowork title: " poesie"technique: oil on canvason the occasion of the solo exhibitions held in sicily, he received a plaque from the prefect of ragusafrom , prizes and solo and group exhibitions followed throughout italyhe died in varese inhis works are exhibited at the national gallery of graphics in naples and in art galleries in brussels, zurich, lugano and stbiographical notes: franco tardonato was born in varese on 27 julycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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