The Spider's House
by Paul Bowles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Brossard, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First, signed edition. Condition: Near fine in clear acetate dust jacket as issued by the publisher. A few very light bumps at corners, small mark at bottom corner of a few pages around the middle of the books, could be ink bleed. Acetate dust jacket has slight rubbing. Signed by Bowles and numbered, number 233 of 350 copies.
Synopsis: Set in Fez, Morocco, during that country's 1954 nationalist uprising, The Spider's House is perhaps Paul Bowles' most beautifully subtle novel, richly descriptive of its setting, and uncompromising in its characterizations. Exploring once again the dilemma of the outsider in an alien society, and the gap in understanding between cultures—recurrent themes of Bowles' writings—The Spider's House is dramatic, brutally honest, and shockingly relevant to today's political situation in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Synopsis: Set in Fez, Morocco, during that country's 1954 nationalist uprising, The Spider's House is perhaps Paul Bowles' most beautifully subtle novel, richly descriptive of its setting, and uncompromising in its characterizations. Exploring once again the dilemma of the outsider in an alien society, and the gap in understanding between cultures—recurrent themes of Bowles' writings—The Spider's House is dramatic, brutally honest, and shockingly relevant to today's political situation in the Middle East and elsewhere.
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- Bookseller
- Shop-books.ca (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202000256
- Title
- The Spider's House
- Author
- Paul Bowles
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First, signed, limited
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Date Published
- 1982
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature; Signed Books; First Editions;
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bumps
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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