The Dead Boy and the Comets

Goffredo Parise; Translated by Marianne Ceconi

Verlag: Farrar, Straus And Young, New York, 1953

Beschreibung

Stated First printing, 1953. This was the author's first novel. You can see the covers in the photos. They are in very nice condition. There isn't any conspicuous wear. The lettering on the spine is nicely bright. The spine is tanned uniformly. The cover edges are in excellent shape. So are the corners. No rubbing on either. The page edges are quite clean, one speck on the middle one. The book is square and the spine is straight. The binding is very solid from cover to cover with nicely tight pages throughout and nicely tight covers as well. The interior of the book is in very nice condition as well. The inside covers and end papers are very clean, no wear. The pages are very clean. Scrolling through, I'm not finding any soiling. The top corner of four consecutive pages got folded in so each top corner of the four pages now has the same crease. The crease is not near the print. I'm not seeing any other creasing on the pages. There are no markings in the book. No attachments of any kind. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere. You can see the dust jacket in the first few photos. I have always had it in a fitted protective cover. It looks quite clean. The spine is clearly sun tanned or toned. There is a thin loss at the top edge of the spine (not reaching the lettering) and just adjacent off the top edge of the rear. The flaps are in very good shape, no wear that I can see, one speck of a spot. The jacket is NOT price-clipped, not clipped at all. From the dust jacket: 'Written when the author was twenty-two years old, this strange and compelling novel places Parise among the most promising, disturbing, and interesting of the new Italian writers. The delicate perceptions of a Rimbaud, and a vigor that reminds one of the early Moravia, are found in this amazing and frightening picture of post-war Italian youth. In striking, kaleidoscope prose, against the background of destruction and poverty in a canal town near Venice, the story of the Boy and his vividly contrasted young friend develops. Seldom has a young writer showed so much insight into the disturbance and disintegration that is at the root of civilization, or been capable of sustaining so successfully the emotion of apprehension. Parise's pungent, sensitive prose, his deep awareness of the tragedy of life, offer a special experience to discriminating readers.'. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 005470

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Dead Boy and the Comets

Verlag: Farrar, Straus And Young, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1953

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Minus

Auflage: 1st Edition