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Ventriloquists Tale
Pauline Melville
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Description for Ventriloquists Tale
Pauline Melville conjures pictures of the savannah, forest and city life in South America where love is often trumped by disaster. This novel embraces nearly a century, when laughter is never far from tragedy. It is a parable of miscegenation and racial exclusiveness, of nature defying culture. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
The whole purpose of magic is the fulfilment and intensification of desire, claims the ventriloquist-narrator as he tells his stories of love and catastrophe. The novel is a parable of miscegenation and racial exclusiveness, of nature defying culture and of the rebellious nature of love.
The whole purpose of magic is the fulfilment and intensification of desire, claims the ventriloquist-narrator as he tells his stories of love and catastrophe. The novel is a parable of miscegenation and racial exclusiveness, of nature defying culture and of the rebellious nature of love.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of pages
368
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747535140
SKU
KIN0033596
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Pauline Melville
Pauline Melville's first book, Shape-shifter, a collection of short stories, won the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Macmillan Silver Pen Award and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book. The Ventriloquist's Tale is her first novel.
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