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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 124 pages. 7.79x4.96x0.31 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __0571249116
Book Description Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Massacre and revolution in the mountains of Calabria, passion and betrayal in a Venetian opera house, a web of baffled desire spun during a summer in Verona, a world where exile kills more swiftly than death itself, where innocence becomes a lethal weapon, where lies are saving graces - this is the brittle, bizarre and menacing background to Allegro Postillions. Jonathan Keates's prize-winning collection gathers together four stories of haunting and magnetic brilliance set in 19th-century Italy, a war-torn, emerging nation of secrets and enigmas, of sudden violence and muted anguish, a land where the sought-after beauties of art clash with the unavoidable truth of life as it is lived. 'Keates's florid tales of revolution and love, passion and exile, innocence and death create a highly charged atmosphere . an exciting, adventurous book.' Sunday Times 'A dream object . pre-eminently, wonderfully solid and [it] has the aura of palpable accomplishment . a virtuoso performance.' Literary Review 'Morn Advancing .alone justifies this book, and leaves an imprint on the memory like a Breughel landscape.' Times Literary Supplement 'Clever and extremely stylish.' Daily Telegraph 124 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9780571249114
Book Description Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Massacre and revolution in the mountains of Calabria, passion and betrayal in a Venetian opera house, a web of baffled desire spun during a summer in Verona, a world where exile kills more swiftly than death itself, where innocence becomes a lethal weapon, where lies are saving graces - this is the brittle, bizarre and menacing background to Allegro Postillions.Jonathan Keates's prize-winning collection gathers together four stories of haunting and magnetic brilliance set in 19th-century Italy, a war-torn, emerging nation of secrets and enigmas, of sudden violence and muted anguish, a land where the sought-after beauties of art clash with the unavoidable truth of life as it is lived.'Keates's florid tales of revolution and love, passion and exile, innocence and death create a highly charged atmosphere . an exciting, adventurous book.' Sunday Times'A dream object . pre-eminently, wonderfully solid and [it] has the aura of palpable accomplishment . a virtuoso performance.' Literary Review'Morn Advancing .alone justifies this book, and leaves an imprint on the memory like a Breughel landscape.' Times Literary Supplement'Clever and extremely stylish.' Daily Telegraph. Seller Inventory # 9780571249114
Book Description Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. A collection of four stories set in 19th-century Italy, a war-torn, emerging nation of secrets and enigmas, of sudden violence and muted anguish, a land where the sought-after beauties of art clash with the unavoidable truth of life as it is lived. Mass. Seller Inventory # 5938942