The Unstrung Harp
por Gorey, Edward
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Duell, Sloan and Pierce - Little, Brown, 1953, 1953. F. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. New York, 1953. Author's first book. First Edition. Copyright page states "FIRST EDITION." Near fine (with slight wear at spine ends) in near fine dust jacket (slight rubbing at edges). DJ price reads "$2.00.
Sinopse
On November 18th of alternate years Mr Earbrass begins writing 'his new novel.' Weeks ago he chose its title at random from a list of them he keeps in a little green note-book. It being tea-time of the 17th, he is alarmed not to have thought of a plot to which The Unstrung Harp might apply, but his mind will keep reverting to the last biscuit on the plate." So begins what the Times Literary Supplement called "a small masterpiece." TUH is a look at the literary life and its "attendant woes: isolation, writer's block, professional jealousy, and plain boredom." But, as with all of Edward Gorey's books, TUH is also about life in general, with its anguish, turnips, conjunctions, illness, defeat, string, parties, no parties, urns, desuetude, disaffection, claws, loss, trebizond, napkins, shame, stones, distance, fever, antipodes, mush, glaciers, incoherence, labels, miasma, amputation, tides, deceit, mourning, elsewards. You get the point. Finally, TUH is about Edward Gorey the writer, about Edward Gorey writing The Unstrung Harp. It's a cracked mirror of a book, and it's dedicated to RDP or Real Dear Person.
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- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 004010
- Título
- The Unstrung Harp
- Autor
- Gorey, Edward
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- F
- Editorial
- Duell, Sloan and Pierce - Little, Brown, 1953
- Data de publicação
- 1953
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- Copyright page
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- New
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
