Description for Dresden
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 123 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138.
A friend and confident of Igor Stravinsky, Gertrude Stein and many other dazzling figures from the 20th century, Lord Berners is now truly coming into his own. A newly discovered autobiographical reverie, Dresden, offers a window into the adolescence of an extremely perceptive and sensitive young man. Like Proust, it is in the deeply personal where Berners shines the brightest. Dresden is the final volume in his series of autobiographical work which are both charming and subtle.
A friend and confident of Igor Stravinsky, Gertrude Stein and many other dazzling figures from the 20th century, Lord Berners is now truly coming into his own. A newly discovered autobiographical reverie, Dresden, offers a window into the adolescence of an extremely perceptive and sensitive young man. Like Proust, it is in the deeply personal where Berners shines the brightest. Dresden is the final volume in his series of autobiographical work which are both charming and subtle.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Turtle Point Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chappaqua, United States
ISBN
9781933527154
SKU
V9781933527154
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Lord Berners
Lord Berners (1883-1950) was a composer, novelist, painter, memoirist, conspicuous aesthete and the real life character on whom Nancy Mitford based Lord Merlin in The Pursuit of Love. This versatile peer has been called the English Satie. His ballets have been choreographed by Balanchine and Ashton.
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