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Synopsis
In this affectionate tribute to his home town, Hugo Pratt offers a complex mystery thriller involving Freemasons, occultists, and esotericists set during the rise of Fascism in 1921. Corto Maltese’s return to Venice is ostensibly a search for an emerald known as the Clavicle of Solomon, but by the end he is left questioning whether the object of his quest will open the hidden doors of magic and unravel the nature of time and space in this city of secrets...or if it’s merely "the stuff that dreams are made of," as was the black bird of Dashiell Hammett’s novel featuring another Maltese. Series winner of the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.
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Hugo Pratt (1927-1995) is considered one of the great graphic novelists in the history of the medium. His strips, graphic works, and watercolors have been exhibited at the Grand Palais in Paris and the Vittoriano in Rome, and a landmark show in 2011 at the Pinacotheque in Paris drew 215,000 visitors, hailing Pratt as "the inventor of the literary comic strip."
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"Classic adventure comics for adults, enjoyable but with depth. Strongly recommended." — Library Journal
"The wordly magic of Hugo Pratt. An Italian masterpiece is coming to America."
—Publishers Weekly
"Hugo Pratt is simply one of the greatest cartoonists to ever walk the Earth."
—James Romberger, Comics Beat
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- PublisherNbm Pub Co
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 091834896X
- ISBN 13 9780918348968
- BindingPaperback
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Corto Maltese THE FABLE OF VENICE
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Thus. Book is in excellent condition, with Very light edge wear to creaseless covers and spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 75 pages in b&w with some photos and historical illustrations at front. In this affectionate tribute to his home town, Hugo Pratt offers a complex mystery thriller involving Freemasons, occultists, and esotericists set during the rise of Fascism in 1921. Corto Maltese's return to Venice is ostensibly a search for an emerald known as the Clavicle of Solomon, but by the end he is left questioning whether the object of his quest will open the hidden doors of magic and unravel the nature of time and space in this city of secrets or if it's merely "the stuff that dreams are made of," Series winner of the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material. Seller Inventory # 155225
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Soft Cover. Condition: New. Flying Buttress Classics 1990. Black & White illustrations. A secret society meets in Venice, and Corto falls through the skylight of the hall where they are meeting . Corto Maltese, sailor, adventurer, the man with his eyes on the horizon; but also interested in mysteries and impatient with authority. Old poets, beautiful women, loony sidekicks - it is all here, and Venice itself is very present, too. There is a story (hidden treasure, old mysteries, baron Curve), but it is the atmosphere that counts. Set in about 1921, between 'CM in Siberia' and 'the gilded house of Samarkand'. This book is in excellent condition. 75 pages. Size: 8" x 11" (215mm x 280mm). ISBN: 091834896X. (0.3). Seller Inventory # CORTOVENICE
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