Burgess, Anthony
by The Eve of Saint Venus
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 039308602X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393086027
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About This Item
New York. 1970. Norton. 1st American Edition. Previous Owner's Name Penned in Front,Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. 039308602x. 138 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Literature England . FROM THE PUBLISHER - This fascinating early work by Anthony Burgess is a delightful fantasy, blending classical myth and farce. Displaying a high degree of verbal ingenuity and intelligence, Burgess effortlessly plays with ideas to create a riotous comedy that is ultimately a celebration of love and marriage. Presented along with the earlier and similarly themed The Venus of Ille, by Prosper MErimEe. Ambrose and Diana are to be married. Diana, however, is having lastminute doubts fuelled by her feminist friend and bridesmaid, Julia, while Ambrose inadvertently becomes engaged to the goddess Venus, who has taken possession of the wedding ring. These obstacles present the first in a farcical series of challenges - not only to the impending wedding, but also to the most dearly held preconceptions of Ambrose, Diana, and their wedding guests. In addition to writing novels like A Clockwork Orange and The Earthly Powers, Anthony Burgess (191794) was also a composer and critic. inventory #1146 ISBN: 039308602x.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Burgess, Anthony
- Author
- The Eve of Saint Venus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039308602X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393086027
- Publisher
- Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1970
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