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On his death, Austin Tappan Wright left the world a wholly unsuspected legacy. Among this distinguished legal scholar's papers were thousands of pages devoted to a staggering feat of literary creation - a detailed history of an imagined country complete with geography, genealogy, representations from its literature, language and culture. In a monumental labor of love Wright's wife and daughter culled from this material a thousand page novel, as detailed as J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Islandia has similarly become a classic touchstone for those concerned with the creation of imaginary worlds.
Islandia occupies the southern portion of the Karain Continent, which lies in the Southern Hemisphere. Its civilization is an ancient one, protected from outside intervention by a natural fortress of towering mountains. To this isolated country - this alien, compelling and totally fascinating world - comes John Lang, the American consul. As the reader lives with Lang in Islandia, as he comes to know this magnetic land, its unique people, its strange customs, he may find himself experiencing a feeling of envy, a wish that he, like Lang, be permitted, at the book's end, to return once more and spend the rest of his days in Islandia.
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A unique and brilliant underground fantasy classic of utopian fiction.
About the Author
Austin Tappan Wright, a Harvard-educated lawyer, was born to a distinguished family. After serving in the Boston law firm of Louis Brandeis, Wright taught at the University of California Law School (Berkeley) and the University of Pennsylvania. He died at the age of 48 in an automobile accident.
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- PublisherPlume
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 0452252105
- ISBN 13 9780452252103
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
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Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
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paperback. Condition: Good. 1975 Plume paperback - minor wear to cover owner's name inside front cover - tanning and minor staining to closed page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy. Seller Inventory # 2402280003
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.1. Seller Inventory # G0452252105I5N00
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Seller: Fables Books, Goshen, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: good. A former library book with all the expected stamps, stickers and markings. Some shelf, storage or usage wear present including heavy creasing on the cover. The binding is tight and all pages are present. The pages appear aged but unmarked. Light staining on the cover. Light staining on the page edges. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Calla. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller! Seller Inventory # FBV.0452252105.G
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