Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
Hardcover. Aims to acquaint Proust fans with Jeanne Weil Proust. This book captures the life and times of Proust's mother, from her German-Jewish background and her marriage to a Catholic grocer's son to her lifelong worries about her son's sexuality, health problems, and talent. It explores the culture of fin de siecle France. Translator(s): Kaplan, Alice. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226056425
- ISBN
- 9780226056425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.57
€ 31.99
€ 25.57
Hardcover. Chester Himes and John A Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams, sixteen years his junior, was just beginning his writing career. This is a collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves. Editor(s): Williams, John A.; Williams, Lori. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Edition
- Adapted ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814333556
- ISBN
- 9780814333556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.69
€ 39.69
Hardback. 18 July 1898. World-renowned novelist Emile Zola is on the run. His crime? Taking on the highest powers in the land with his open letter 'J'accuse' and losing. Forced to leave Paris, with nothing but the clothes he is standing in and a nightshirt wrapped in newspaper, Zola flees to England with no idea when he will return. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 250 x 34. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571312016
- ISBN
- 9780571312016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.61
€ 19.99
€ 13.61
Hardback. Despairing of his volatile, unstable marriage, T S Eliot, at 44, resolves to put an end to his eighteen-year union with Vivien Haigh-Wood Eliot. This book offers a vivid and personal documentation of T S Eliot's most crucial years, both in his private and public life. Editor(s): Haffenden, John. Series: Letters of T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571316342
- ISBN
- 9780571316342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 30.50
€ 49.99
€ 30.50
Hardcover. A wonderfully honest and deeply accomplished tribute to a complicated, talented mother and writer - 'An Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen' (Bookseller) - by her daughter. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16ppblack-and-white. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 362 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349007526
- ISBN
- 9780349007526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 6.23
€ 7.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. On the day that Homes was born in 1961, she was given up for adoption. Thirty years later, out of the blue, Homes was contacted by a lawyer on behalf of her birth mother, and they began to correspond; her biological father contacted her soon after. These two individuals and their effect on the adult Homes are strange and unexpected. Num Pages: 238 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847080110
- ISBN
- 9781847080110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.33
€ 14.99
€ 11.33
Lets us come face to face with literary life of high drama and contemplation. This title provides encounters with Hollywood giants, pop stars and literary titans - all of whom lend this life. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 592. Very good copy in very good dustwrappers. DW has light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 352
- SKU
- KCW0015940
- ISBN
- 9780571269433
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00€ 4.99
€ 20.00
€ 4.99
Paperback. Based on unprecedented access to private correspondence, unpublished manuscripts and attuned to a musically inclined poet's skill in close listening, Who Can Afford to Improvise? retraces the full arc of James Baldwin's passage across the pages and stages of his career amplifying our sense of his contemporary relevance. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823276837
- ISBN
- 9780823276837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.12
€ 29.99
€ 27.12
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGA; BGLA; DNF; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807001912
- ISBN
- 9780807001912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.98
€ 18.99
€ 14.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 269 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- Univ of Arizona PR ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816517145
- ISBN
- 9780816517145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. The four novels of Leon Forrest are one of the major glories of contemporary African-American fiction. From the intense inwardness of T"here Is a Tree More Ancient than Eden" to the epic comedy of "Divine Days, " Forrest's work presents a vision of African-American culture which is unique in its complexity and depth. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879727345
- ISBN
- 9780879727345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.35
€ 22.35
Paperback. Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 b/w plates. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007487240
- ISBN
- 9780007487240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.71
€ 13.99
€ 9.71
Hardback. Wendell Berry's unique perspective and vision have allowed him to propose complex questions - especially about humankind and our relationship to the land - and to provide simple but profound solutions. This work celebrates this important man, appraising his written work and illuminating his influence as an activist and artist. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- F First Edition; First Printing Used
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124421
- ISBN
- 9780813124421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.58
€ 42.99
€ 35.58
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Daniels, Ian. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570. Inside the Dark, Twisted World of H. P. Lovecraft. 352 pages, Illustrations. Illustrator(s): Daniels, Ian. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 21. Weight: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601632197
- ISBN
- 9781601632197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.77
€ 26.99
€ 24.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; CBW; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Arlen House
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- SKU
- V9781851321490
- ISBN
- 9781851321490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.34
€ 23.99
€ 20.34
Paperback. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564784575
- ISBN
- 9781564784575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 6.23
€ 24.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Turtle Point Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885586483
- ISBN
- 9781885586483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.82
€ 15.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551526003
- ISBN
- 9781551526003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.29
€ 23.99
€ 18.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BGLA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925363
- ISBN
- 9780813925363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.40
€ 29.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 824 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 824
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816699476
- ISBN
- 9780816699476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.12
€ 29.99
€ 27.12