Published by Brand: Pushkin Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 1901285421 ISBN 13: 9781901285420
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good. The year is 1920, and Luis Agua, an authorised representative of an electricity company, arrives in Vila Natal, an inhospitable village in Portugal. His objective is to convince the inhabitants of the benefits of artificial light. Before long Agua learns that the village and the castle that presides over it hide deep secrets. A noble widow in decline, a will that is both cruel and impertinent, a pioneer of aviation, an epidemic and an unexpected ending; these are the ingredients of this novel in which the themes of love, revenge, humour, death and greed come together to form an almost arithmetic narrative.
Published by Brand: Pushkin Press, 2024
ISBN 10: 1901285413 ISBN 13: 9781901285413
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good. 0. Diplomat, writer and poet, traveller and socialite, friend of Proust, Giraudoux, and Malraux, Paul Morand was out of the most original writers of the twentieth century. He was French literature's globetrotter, and his delightful autobiography is far from being yet another account of a writer's life. Instead it is a poetic evocation of certain scenes among Morand's rich and varied encounters and experience, filtered through the one constant in his life, the one place to which he would always return: Venice.
Published by Brand: Pushkin Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 1906548633 ISBN 13: 9781906548636
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good. No one knows the recipe for happinessand yet Héctor Abad offers us a whole volume. His recipes, at times bizarre, at times wise, appear able to cure almost anything. With ingenuity and subtle humor, Abad proffers practical advice on how to eschew sadness, attract joy, and retain delight.
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Published by Brand: Pushkin Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 1906548439 ISBN 13: 9781906548438
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Revised edition. Set in Saint Petersburg during the Revolution of 1905, this classic of Russian literature draws comparisons to James Joyces Ulysses for its display of symbolism and humorAfter enlisting in a revolutionary terrorist organization, the university student Nikolai Apollonovich Ableukhov is entrusted with a highly dangerous mission: to plant a bomb and assassinate a major government figure.But the real central character of Petersburg is the Russian capital itself-caught in the grip of political agitation and social unrest at the beginning of the twentieth century.Intertwining the worlds of history and myth, and parading a cast of unforgettable characters, Petersburg is a story of apocalypse and redemption played out through family dysfunction, conspiracy, and murder.The most important, most influential, and most perfectly realized Russian novel written in the 20th century. -The New York TimesBook Review.
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Published by Brand: Pushkin Press, 2013
ISBN 10: 1908968311 ISBN 13: 9781908968319
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Pushkin Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1901285898 ISBN 13: 9781901285895
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Pushkin Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1906548374 ISBN 13: 9781906548377
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Pushkin Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 1901285987 ISBN 13: 9781901285987
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Pushkin Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1901285669 ISBN 13: 9781901285666
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Pushkin Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 1906548641 ISBN 13: 9781906548643
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Pushkin Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 1901285472 ISBN 13: 9781901285475
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Published by Brand: Pushkin Press, 2013
ISBN 10: 190896832X ISBN 13: 9781908968326
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new.