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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Le Livre Contemporain
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Catalogue
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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
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Catalogue
Author: Maggs Bros
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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The Angel of History
Author: Rabih Alameddine
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802190111
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
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A gay poet is haunted by war and the AIDs crisis in this “sprawling fever dream of a novel” by the Dos Passos Prize-winning author of An Unnecessary Woman (NPR.org). Set over the course of one night in the waiting room of a psych clinic, The Angel of History follows Yemeni-born poet Jacob as he revisits the events of his life. His memories take him from his maternal upbringing in an Egyptian whorehouse to his adolescence under the aegis of his wealthy father and his life as a gay Arab man in San Francisco at the height of AIDS. Haunted by an alluring, sassy Satan, who taunts Jacob to remember his painful past, and by dour, frigid Death, who urges him to forget and give up on life, Jacob is also attended to by fourteen saints. With Jacob recalling his life in Cairo, Beirut, Sana’a, Stockholm, and San Francisco, Alameddine gives us a charged philosophical portrayal of a brilliant mind in crisis. This is a profound story that “marks the triumph of memory over oblivion” (Bookforum).
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802190111
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
A gay poet is haunted by war and the AIDs crisis in this “sprawling fever dream of a novel” by the Dos Passos Prize-winning author of An Unnecessary Woman (NPR.org). Set over the course of one night in the waiting room of a psych clinic, The Angel of History follows Yemeni-born poet Jacob as he revisits the events of his life. His memories take him from his maternal upbringing in an Egyptian whorehouse to his adolescence under the aegis of his wealthy father and his life as a gay Arab man in San Francisco at the height of AIDS. Haunted by an alluring, sassy Satan, who taunts Jacob to remember his painful past, and by dour, frigid Death, who urges him to forget and give up on life, Jacob is also attended to by fourteen saints. With Jacob recalling his life in Cairo, Beirut, Sana’a, Stockholm, and San Francisco, Alameddine gives us a charged philosophical portrayal of a brilliant mind in crisis. This is a profound story that “marks the triumph of memory over oblivion” (Bookforum).
The Legacy of Chrétien de Troyes: Chrétien et ses contemporains
Author: Norris J. Lacy
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789062037384
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789062037384
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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The New Bibliopolis
Author: Willa Z. Silverman
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 144269145X
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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The late-nineteenth century in Europe was a period of profound political, social, and technological change. One result of these changes was the rise in France of an upper-bourgeois bohemian class. Many of its members stimulated interest in unique forms of artistic expression such as illustrated books. On account of their influence, an atmosphere of intense bibliophilic activity came to define French culture at the turn of the century. The New Bibliopolis explores the role of amateurs in promoting the book arts in France during this period. Drawing on extensive original research, Willa Z. Silverman looks at the ways in which book collectors supported print culture. She shows how, through the admiration demonstrated by collectors for this medium, print came to be a crucial part of popular conceptions of aesthetics. As collectors, publishers, authors, designers, and directors of bibliophile societies, reviews, and small presses, these book lovers became passionate and prolific interlocutors of the printed word in a uniquely artistic epoch. Silverman analyzes subjects as diverse as the relationship between book collecting and aesthetic and cultural currents such as Symbolism; the gendered nature of book collecting; the increased collaboration between authors and illustrators; and the marketing of fine books at international exhibits. The New Bibliopolis is an important contribution to the study of book history, French sociocultural history, and fine and decorative arts.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 144269145X
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The late-nineteenth century in Europe was a period of profound political, social, and technological change. One result of these changes was the rise in France of an upper-bourgeois bohemian class. Many of its members stimulated interest in unique forms of artistic expression such as illustrated books. On account of their influence, an atmosphere of intense bibliophilic activity came to define French culture at the turn of the century. The New Bibliopolis explores the role of amateurs in promoting the book arts in France during this period. Drawing on extensive original research, Willa Z. Silverman looks at the ways in which book collectors supported print culture. She shows how, through the admiration demonstrated by collectors for this medium, print came to be a crucial part of popular conceptions of aesthetics. As collectors, publishers, authors, designers, and directors of bibliophile societies, reviews, and small presses, these book lovers became passionate and prolific interlocutors of the printed word in a uniquely artistic epoch. Silverman analyzes subjects as diverse as the relationship between book collecting and aesthetic and cultural currents such as Symbolism; the gendered nature of book collecting; the increased collaboration between authors and illustrators; and the marketing of fine books at international exhibits. The New Bibliopolis is an important contribution to the study of book history, French sociocultural history, and fine and decorative arts.
Bibliographica
Author: Alfred William Pollard
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Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Author:
Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738179037
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 311
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Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738179037
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 311
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Biographie Universelle, Ancienne Et Moderne
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
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1979-1990
Author: Henryk Sawoniak
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110975068
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
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Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110975068
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
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