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Appassionata
by Hoffman, Eva
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1590513193
- ISBN 13
- 9781590513194
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Other Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. 1590513193 . Binding tight. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Black cloth cover with little or no wear. Dustjacket also with little or no wear. ; 8.6 X 5.7 X 1.2 inches; 272 pages .
Synopsis
Selected as one of Oprah.com's 20 Tantalizing Beach ReadsSelected as a New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceIsabel Merton is a renowned concert pianist, whose performances are marked by a rare responsiveness to the complexities of her art, and its intensities of feeling. At the height of her career, she feels increasingly torn between the compelling musical realm she deeply inhabits, and her fragmented itinerant artist's life, with its frequent flights, anonymous hotels, and brief, arbitrary encounters. Away from her New York home on a European tour, Isabel meets a political exile from a war-torn country, a man driven by a rankling sense of injustice and a powerful desire to vindicate his cause and avenge his people. As their paths cross in several cities, they are drawn to each other both by their differences and their seemingly parallel passions--until a menacing incident throws her into a creative crisis, and forces her to reevaluate his actions, and her own motives. In this story of contemporary love and conflict, Hoffman illuminates the currents and undercurrents of our time, as she explores the luminous and dark faces of romanticism, and those perennial human yearnings, frustrations, and moral choices that can lead to destructiveness, or the richest art. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eat My Words Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28803
- Title
- Appassionata
- Author
- Hoffman, Eva
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1590513193
- ISBN 13
- 9781590513194
- Publisher
- Other Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- 1590513193
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eat My Words Books
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About Eat My Words Books
We are a small, independent book shop in NE Minneapolis. We sell mostly used books with a section of new books by local authors. We also have a large rare and collectible book section. Our real storefront hosts all sorts of community events and often serves up bread, coffee, and tea.
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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