THE BRITISH MUSEUM IS FALLING DOWN (First edition - no dustwrapper)

David Lodge

Verlag: MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1965

Beschreibung

First impression of the true first edition. The author's extremely scarce third novel. ***Very good in dark brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Head and tail of spine and corners of boards slightly rubbed. Top outer corner of front board slightly creased. Top edge of front board slightly faded. Bottom edge of rear board slightly faded. Slight reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Pages slightly browned (as is usual with this title, due to the cheap paper-stock used). Internally also very good with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No serious creases or tears - just a small crease to the top corner tip of page 123. No foxing. No dustwrapper. ***204mm x 134mm. 176 pages. ***'"The British Museum is Falling Down" (1965) is a comic novel by British author David Lodge about a 25-year-old poverty-stricken student of English literature who, rather than work on his thesis (entitled "The Structure of Long Sentences in Three Modern English Novels") in the reading room of the British Museum, is distracted time and again from his work and who gets into all kinds of trouble instead. ***In his relationship, as a young couple they try to be good Catholics - as they already have three young children and fear having any more offspring. The novel uses pastiche and imitates the themes and writing style used by other literary authors such as Franz Kafka, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene and James Joyce. For example, there is a Kafkaesque scene in which Adam has to renew his ticket for the British Museum Reading Room. ***The final chapter of the novel is a monologue by Adam's wife in the style of Molly Bloom's soliloquy in "Ulysses". James Joyce's "Ulysses" also is about a single day. When David Lodge's novel was first published, many critics and reviews thought his writing was inhomogeneous, not understanding the humorous literary allusions in the novel.' (Wiki) ***A first impression of the true first edition - a very difficult book to track down in any condition now. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4731

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE BRITISH MUSEUM IS FALLING DOWN (First ...

Verlag: MacGibbon & Kee, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1965

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: First Edition