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Swan Thieves, The
por KOSTOVA, Elizabeth
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper
- ISBN 10
- 0316065781
- ISBN 13
- 9780316065788
- Livreiro
-
Lancaster, California, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
NY: Little, Brown. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2010. First US Edition. Hardcover. 564 pages. Spine tail faintly bumped, scratch along bottom text block edge and a few faint smudges; interior pages clean and bright, no binding problems. Unclipped dust wrapper lightly edgeworn, a few smudges on white rear flap. ; "Psychiatrist Andrew Marlow, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver, a series of centuries old love letters, and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism. Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love. THE SWAN THIEVES is a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope." - Publisher. Recommended. Oversized book will not fit safely in an Int'l Priority envelope. .
Sinopse
Psychiatrist Andrew Marlow, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism. Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love. THE SWAN THIEVES is a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Anglophile Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 6805
- Título
- Swan Thieves, The
- Autor
- KOSTOVA, Elizabeth
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316065781
- ISBN 13
- 9780316065788
- Editorial
- Little, Brown
- Local de publicação
- NY
- Data de publicação
- 2010
- LCCN
- 2009031954
- Palavras-chave
- Art, Artists, Novel, France, Normandy, United States, Love letters, Historical Fiction, Mystery
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Mystery; Fiction; Historical Novel; Art;
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
