Praise a fine day : a novel
Lima, Sigrid de
Verkäufer RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, Vereinigtes Königreich
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AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 18. August 2021
Verkäufer RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 18. August 2021
Beschreibung
Lima, Sigrid de. Praise a fine day : a novel. First UK edition. London: Chatto & Windus, 1960. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear, protected by clear laminate sleeve. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong. Mild tanning to endpapers. 144pp., contents clean and bright. Praise a Fine Day drew upon the experiences of de Lima and her husband in Rome. Told in the voice of a nameless American artist in his early thirties living in New York City, it recalls how he agreed to an arranged marriage with the stateless and pregnant Polish mistress of a wealthy Egyptian Jew to give American citizenship to their unborn child. Entering into the deception for purely financial reasons, he falls in love with the woman but ultimately finds himself abandoned and wondering whether anything he knew about the situation was true. The book received de Lima's best reviews. Edmund Fuller proclaimed her "one of the most deft, accomplished stylists among our younger writers," and Granville Hicks wrote that she had "a delicate style that matches her insights." In his Independent obituary, Christopher Hawtree called it a "small masterpiece": "the 150 pages take in all manner of manipulation, evil, passion and illicit congress: it could surely have been the basis for one of the era's great movies". RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1677537732738
Bibliografische Details
Titel: Praise a fine day : a novel
Verlag: London: Chatto & Windus
Erscheinungsdatum: 1960
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good
Auflage: 1st Edition
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