Server by Tim Parks (27 results)

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Hardback. Condition: New. Sex is forbidden at the Dasgupta Institute. So what is the sparkling, magnetically attractive Beth Marriot doing here? Why is a young woman whose irrepressible vitality and confident ego were once set on conquest and stardom, now spending month after month serving in the vegetarian kitchen of a bizarrely severe Buddhist retreat? Beth is fighting demons: a catastrophic series of events has undermined all prospect of happiness. Trauma leaves her no alternative but to bury herself in the austere asceticism of a community that wakes at 4am, doesn't permit eye contact, let alone speech, and keeps men and women strictly segregated. But the curious self dies hard. Conflicted and wayward, Beth stumbles on a diary and cannot keep away from it, or the man who wrote it. And the more she yearns for the purity of the retreat's silent priestess, the more she desires the priestess herself.The Server sets western individualism against the Buddhist belief that what we call 'self' is insubstantial fantasy. Unsure of anything but pain and pleasure, Beth's constant invention and destruction of herself and the people around her is both riveting and highly entertaining.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.74x5.67x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Boards are clean and unmarked. Page edges are browned. Pages are browned but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Jacket has a few small patches of surface damage and one small hole at the top right corner of the rear panel where a label has been removed and slight edge wear. First printing.…

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Proof copy, fine in wraps. An unread copy with no inscriptions.

Condition: New. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. . . . . .

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. London: Random House,WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - MID SIZE SOFT COVER -NO TEARS- OR RIPS 2012 Used Sex is forbidden at the Dasgupta Institute So what is the sparkling, magnetically attractive Beth Marriot doing here? Why is a young woman whose irrepressible vitality and confident ego were once set on conquest and stardom, now spending month after month serving in the vegetarian kitchen of a bizarrely severe Buddhist retreat? Beth is fighting demons: a catastrophic series of events has undermined all prospect of happiness Trauma leaves her no alternative but to bury herself in the austere asceticism of a community that wakes at 4am, doesn't permit eye contact, let alone speech, and keeps men and women strictly segregated But the curious self dies hard Conflicted and wayward, Beth stumbles on a diary and cannot keep away from it, or the man who wrote it And the more she yearns for the purity of the retreat's silent priestess, the more she desires the priestess herselfThe Server sets western individualism against the Buddhist belief that what we call 'self' is insubstantial fan.…

Condition: Gut. 1. publ. 278 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel. Noch GUTER Zustand, ein paar sichtbare Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, some visible traces of use. 9781846555787 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Condition: Fine. First Edition. Uncorrected proof copy in fine, unread condition. All books are swathed in biodegradeable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A NICE CLEAN AND TIGHT FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT UK UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY OF THE SEVER BY TIM PARKS. ALL BOOKS DESPATCHED WRAPPED IN BUBBLE WRAP AND A STRONG CARDBOARD BOX.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Beth is fighting demons: a catastrophic series of events has undermined all prospect of happiness. Trauma leaves her no alternative but to bury herself in the austere asceticism of a community that wakes at 4am, doesn't permit eye contact, let alone speech, and keeps men and women strictly segregated. But the curious self dies hard.…

Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: Gut. 288 Seiten; 9781846555787.3 Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Hardback. Condition: New. Sex is forbidden at the Dasgupta Institute. So what is the sparkling, magnetically attractive Beth Marriot doing here? Why is a young woman whose irrepressible vitality and confident ego were once set on conquest and stardom, now spending month after month serving in the vegetarian kitchen of a bizarrely severe Buddhist retreat? Beth is fighting demons: a catastrophic series of events has undermined all prospect of happiness. Trauma leaves her no alternative but to bury herself in the austere asceticism of a community that wakes at 4am, doesn't permit eye contact, let alone speech, and keeps men and women strictly segregated. But the curious self dies hard. Conflicted and wayward, Beth stumbles on a diary and cannot keep away from it, or the man who wrote it. And the more she yearns for the purity of the retreat's silent priestess, the more she desires the priestess herself.The Server sets western individualism against the Buddhist belief that what we call 'self' is insubstantial fantasy. Unsure of anything but pain and pleasure, Beth's constant invention and destruction of herself and the people around her is both riveting and highly entertaining.…

Condition: Sehr gut. 2. Auflage. 334 Seiten. 21,5 cm. Sehr guter Zustand. Frisches Exemplar. Wie ungelesen. Auf so treffliche wie trockene Art beschreibt der britische Autor das seltsame Leben in einem buddhistischen Schweige-Retreat. Die Küchenhilfe Beth, selbst gründlich von der Rolle, bringt Leben in die Bude und alles durcheinander. (Wolfgang Herles, ZDF Blaues Sofa). Sex ist im Dasgupta Institut verboten. Was also macht die unglaublich attraktive Beth Marriot hier? Warum verbringt eine junge Frau, deren unwiderstehliche Vitalität und selbstbewusstes Ego einst auf Eroberung und Ruhm aus waren, jetzt einen Monat nach dem anderen als Helferin im vegetarischen Restaurant eines puristischen Buddhisten-Retreats? Beth bekämpft Dämonen. Eine Folge von katastrophalen Ereignissen hat alle ihre Hoffnungen auf Glück unterminiert. Aus diesem Trauma gibt es für sie nur einen Ausweg: die asketische Strenge einer Gemeinschaft, in der man um vier Uhr morgens geweckt wird, keinen Augenkontakt mit anderen haben, geschweige denn mit ihnen sprechen darf und in der Frauen und Männer streng getrennt sind. Aber Neugier stirbt zuletzt. Als Beth über ein Tagebuch stolpert, muss sie es lesen und fängt an, den Mann zu beobachten, dem es gehört. Und je mehr sie sich nach der Reinheit der schweigenden Priesterin des Retreats sehnt, desto mehr begehrt sie die Priesterin selbst. Sex ist verboten in seinem neuen Roman konfrontiert Tim Parks westlichen Individualismus mit dem buddhistischen Credo, dass das, was wir Selbst nennen, eine unwirkliche Fantasie ist. - Timothy Harold Tim Parks (* 19. Dezember 1954 in Manchester, Großbritannien) ist ein britischer Schriftsteller und Übersetzer, der in Italien lebt. Biographie Er studierte in Cambridge (Bachelor of Arts, 1977) und Harvard (Master of Arts, 1979). Seit 1981 lebt er in Italien, nahe Verona, und hat gemeinsam mit seiner aus Italien stammenden Frau, Rita Baldassarre, drei Kinder. Er ist Dozent an der Università IULM in Mailand und lehrt dort literarische Übersetzung. Parks gilt als gebildeter Kenner der europäischen Geistesgeschichte. Arbeitsgebiete und Bücher: Zu seinen Arbeitsgebieten zählen Romane und Essays. Er übersetzte Werke von Roberto Calasso, Italo Calvino, Fleur Jaeggy, Alberto Moravia, Antonio Tabucchi und Giuliana Tedeschi ins Englische und von Samuel Beckett, James Joyce und Virginia Woolf ins Italienische. Er verfasste eine Neuübersetzung des Il principe von Niccolò Machiavelli. Seine in Großbritannien bekanntesten Romane sind Italienische Verhältnisse und Mimis Vermächtnis, die vom Leben im heutigen Italien handeln. Außerdem schrieb er das Buch Eine Saison mit Verona, in dem er die Spiele des Fußballvereins Hellas Verona in der Saison 2000/2001 beschreibt und einen Einblick in das Lebensgefühl der italienischen Tifosi gibt. Parks schreibt häufig Essay-Beiträge für den New York Review of Books. Er wurde zweimal für den Booker-Prize nominiert, 1997 auf der Shortlist mit Europa und 2003 auf der Longlist mit Judge Savage. . Aus: wikipedia-Tim_Parks Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 548 Roter Pappband mit Schutzumschlag.…