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- PublisherTartarus Pr
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1872621635
- ISBN 13 9781872621630
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages100
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A Damask for the Dead
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Tartarus Press
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ISBN 10: 1872621635
ISBN 13: 9781872621630
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. NEW UK HARDBACK. SIGNED by JOHN GALE [NO Inscription]. LIMITED Ed. #34/250. DJ in Clear, ARCHIVAL MYLAR WRAP. NO remainder mark. "John Gale's prose poems are finely-polished decadent gems, each an exquisitely-cut tragedy pared to its archetypal essentials. The perfumes of the East suffuse these tales of poets, lovers and kings who, despite the luxury and beauty of their surroundings, desire something beyond. Although the fate of the protagonist is often melancholia or death, these are in no way moral fables. They contain, in their impossible fancies, glimpses of eternal truths, but not the comfort of traditional fairy stories. These are quests for the unattainable, and such quests can never bring happiness. . . . Lord Kandra stalks these pages: cursed with immortality . . . Kuusian, distraught at his lover's death, knows that he will never be reunited with his loved one if he dies by his own hand . . . Salim ibn Asad is a poet whose heart's desire may be attained only in death . . . Sensually poetic and melancholic, there is a profound darkness beneath the surface glamour of John Gale's tales. A Damask of the Dead is a collection to be relished by those who admire sophisticated prose and the Gothic Romanticism of the Decadents." | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY!. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 000859
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