Marek Hlasko (358 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Uncorrected Proof, trade paperback, published by New Vessel Press, 2014. First published in Polish in 1964, this is a 2014 English translation. The story of two friends on a journey to Israel to find work in the city of Eilat. 140 pages, 5-1/2" X 8". As an Uncorrected Proof, there is a label on the back cover with some publishing information, 3-1/2" X 1-1/2". No creases to the spine, no writing on the text pages, no former ownership marks. One very minor crease at the back cover on the bottom left corner, a small diagonal crease barely 1/8" across. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.…

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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. "Hlasko's story comes off the page at you like a pit bull."--The Washington Post "His writing is taut and psychologically nuanced like that of the great dime-store novelist Georges Simenon, his novelistic world as profane as Isaac Babel's."--Wall Street Journal "Spokesman for those who were angry and beat . . . turbulent, temperamental, and tortured."--The New York Times "A must-read . . . piercing and compelling."--Kirkus Reviews "A self-taught writer with an uncanny gift for narrative and dialogue."--Roman Polanski "Marek Hlasko . lived through what he wrote and died of an overdose of solitude and not enough love."-- Jerzy Kosinski, author of The Painted Bird and Being There "A glittering black comedy . that is equally entertaining and wrenching." -- Publishers Weekly "The idol of Poland's young generation in 1956." -- Czeslaw Milosz, 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature Robert and Jacob are down-and-out Polish con men living in Israel in the 1960s. They're planning to run a scam on an American widow visiting the country. Robert, who masterminds the scheme, and Jacob, who acts it out, are tough, desperate men, adrift in the nasty underworld of Tel Aviv. Robert arranges for Jacob to run into the woman, whose heart is open; the men are hoping her wallet is too. What follows is a story of love, deception, cruelty, and shame, as Jacob pretends to fall in love with her. It's not just Jacob who's performing a role; nearly all the characters are actors in an ugly story, complete with parts for murder and suicide. Marek Hlasko's writing combines brutal realism with smoky, hardboiled dialogue in a bleak world where violence is the norm and love is often only an act. Marek Hlasko, known as the James Dean of Eastern Europe, was exiled from Communist Poland and spent his life wandering the globe. He died in 1969 of an overdose of alcohol and sleeping pills in Wiesbaden, Germany.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Cane Hill Pr February 1990 Binding: Trade Paperback ********SOFTCOVER UNCORRECTED PROOF******.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 139 pages. 9.00x5.50x5.00 inches. In Stock.