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MY OTHER LIFE
by Theroux, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 039582527X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395825273
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over gray boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of Paul Theroux by Jerry Bauer, red endpapers, [viii] + 466 pages. "The man is fiction, but the mask is real."--Theroux's comment on this fictional & quasi-real memoir as if on himself. Clean, bright, tight copy; not remaindered. A small clean tear at the lower right corner of the dust jacket.
Synopsis
In the Washington Post Book World, Sven Birkerts called this exuberant novel "a complex and gripping work of invention and confession . . . I understood again how the prose of a true writer can bring us to a world beyond." The book spans almost thirty years in the life of a fictional "Paul Theroux," who moves through young bachelorhood in Africa, in and out of marriage, affairs, and employment, and between continents. It's a wry, worldly, erotic, and deeply moving account of one man's first half century - "among the strongest things Theroux has ever written" (New York Times Book Review).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3579
- Title
- MY OTHER LIFE
- Author
- Theroux, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039582527X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395825273
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- autobiography, fantasy, imagination, travels, adventure
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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