Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Description for The Dolls' Room
Paperback. Translator(s): Bonner, Deborah. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
A classic of contemporary Catalan literature, and a haunting and satirical portrait of a vanishing age, Lloren? Villalonga's "The Dolls' Room" concerns the decline of Don Toni and Dona Maria Ant?nia Bearn: aristocrats, cousins, husband and wife, and members of the decadent, age-old ruling class of a town that bears their name. Their story is told by the na?ve family priest, Don Joan, who was taken under Don Toni's wing as a schoolboy. Describing the shabby grandeur of his benefactors' lives in their ancient, rundown family mansion, their grand but ruinous excursions to Paris and Rome, and the mysterious events ... Read more
A classic of contemporary Catalan literature, and a haunting and satirical portrait of a vanishing age, Lloren? Villalonga's "The Dolls' Room" concerns the decline of Don Toni and Dona Maria Ant?nia Bearn: aristocrats, cousins, husband and wife, and members of the decadent, age-old ruling class of a town that bears their name. Their story is told by the na?ve family priest, Don Joan, who was taken under Don Toni's wing as a schoolboy. Describing the shabby grandeur of his benefactors' lives in their ancient, rundown family mansion, their grand but ruinous excursions to Paris and Rome, and the mysterious events ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
247
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564786128
SKU
V9781564786128
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Unknown
Llorenc? Villalonga was born in Palma de Majorca in Spain in 1897 and died in 1980. Fluent in Spanish and Catalan, he wrote fifteen novels, five books of short stories, and five volumes of drama, in addition to over five hundred articles for newspapers and magazines. The Dolls' Room is widely considered to be his greatest work, and a masterpiece ... Read more
Reviews for The Dolls' Room