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The King in the Tree : Three Novellas [Revenge; An Adventure of Don Juan; The King in the Tree]
by Millhauser, Steven
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0375415408
- ISBN 13
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (23.00). No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler. "Some of the best writing of Millhauser's increasingly brilliant career (Enchanted Night, 1999, etc.) appears in this collection of three imaginative and unusual novellas." - Kirkus Reviews. From the Dust Jacket: "Revenge is a tour de force about erotic love and betrayal, told through the voice of a woman showing her home to a stranger with a disturbing secret. As the once-happy wife moves from living room to bedroom, she insinuates herself into her guest's (and the reader's) mind - and we witness the gradual unfolding of a carefully meditated scheme of revenge. An Adventure of Don Juan and the title novella transform classic fables into immediate, wholly original tales of romance. The first puts the famous lover on a country estate in England, where he attempts to perpetrate a brilliant seduction only to discover something surprising about the human heart. In the mesmerizing The King in the Tree, Millhauser explores devotion and denial, casting the tragedy of Tristan and Ysolt as an engrossing tale of a king's infatuation with his beautiful wife - and the agony of her betrayal with his own nephew. Full of passion, trysting, and fatal pleasures..." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. As New condition/As New dust jacket. 8vo. 242pp.
Synopsis
Steven Millhauser received the Pulitzer Prize for Martin Dressler . He is the author of nine other books, including Edwin Mullhouse , Enchanted Night , and The Knife Thrower and Other Stories . He teaches at Skidmore College and lives with his wife and two children in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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- Title
- The King in the Tree : Three Novellas [Revenge; An Adventure of Don Juan; The King in the Tree]
- Author
- Millhauser, Steven
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375415408
- ISBN 13
- 9780375415401
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo. 242pp
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