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Condition
Very Good
A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend ...
Binding
Paperback
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
9780374530112

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374530114
ISBN-13
9780374530112
eBay Product ID (ePID)
48256186

Product Key Features

Book Title
Kingdom of this World
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
War & Military, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Author
Alejo Carpentier
Book Series
Fsg Classics Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
6 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-056813
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
18
Reviews
"Carpentier's writing has the power and range of a cathedral organ on the eve of the Resurrection."--The New Yorker "Carpentier's energy is gigantic and pell-mell, sweeping colossi on top of each other with ruthless, contemptuous daring."--The Yale Review "Carpentier creates a brilliant, improbable world which has the stylized reality of the great myths."--The Atlantic Monthly "The Kingdom of This Worldpacks literary dynamite. There can be no disputing the fact, Carpentier is equipped with an elegant perception and a distinctive style which make him a writer to be classed with Thomas Mann and W.H. Hudson."--San Francisco Chronicle, "Carpentier's writing has the power and range of a cathedral organ on the eve of the Resurrection."--"The New Yorker" "Carpentier's energy is gigantic and pell-mell, sweeping colossi on top of each other with ruthless, contemptuous daring."--"The Yale Review" "Carpentier creates a brilliant, improbable world which has the stylized reality of the great myths."--"The Atlantic Monthly" ""The Kingdom of This World" packs literary dynamite. There can be no disputing the fact, Carpentier is equipped with an elegant perception and a distinctive style which make him a writer to be classed with Thomas Mann and W.H. Hudson."--"San Francisco Chronicle", "Carpentier's writing has the power and range of a cathedral organ on the eve of the Resurrection."--The New Yorker "Carpetier's energy is gigantic and pell-mell, sweeping colossi on top of each other with ruthless, contemptuous daring."--The Yale Review "Carpentier creates a brilliant, improbable world which has the stylized reality of the great myths."--The Atlantic Monthly "The Kingdom of This World packs literary dynamite. There can be no disputing the fact, Carpentier is equipped with an elegant perception and a distinctive style which make him a writer to be classed with Thomas Mann and W.H. Hudson."--San Francisco Chronicle, Carpentier's energy is gigantic and pell-mell, sweeping colossi on top of each other with ruthless, contemptuous daring., "Carpentier's writing has the power and range of a cathedral organ on the eve of the Resurrection."-- The New Yorker "Carpentier's energy is gigantic and pell-mell, sweeping colossi on top of each other with ruthless, contemptuous daring."-- The Yale Review "Carpentier creates a brilliant, improbable world which has the stylized reality of the great myths."-- The Atlantic Monthly "The Kingdom of This World packs literary dynamite. There can be no disputing the fact, Carpentier is equipped with an elegant perception and a distinctive style which make him a writer to be classed with Thomas Mann and W.H. Hudson."-- San Francisco Chronicle, The Kingdom of This World packs literary dynamite. There can be no disputing the fact, Carpentier is equipped with an elegant perception and a distinctive style which make him a writer to be classed with Thomas Mann and W.H. Hudson., "Carpentier's writing has the power and range of a cathedral organ on the eve of the Resurrection." -- The New Yorker "Carpentier's energy is gigantic and pell-mell, sweeping colossi on top of each other with ruthless, contemptuous daring." -- The Yale Review "Carpentier creates a brilliant, improbable world which has the stylized reality of the great myths." -- The Atlantic Monthly " The Kingdom of This World packs literary dynamite. There can be no disputing the fact, Carpentier is equipped with an elegant perception and a distinctive style which make him a writer to be classed with Thomas Mann and W.H. Hudson." -- San Francisco Chronicle
Dewey Decimal
863/.6
Synopsis
A few years after its liberation from the brutality of French colonial rule in 1803, Haiti endured a period of even greater brutality under the reign of King Henri-Christophe, who was born a slave in Grenada but rose to become the first black king in the Western Hemisphere. In prose of often dreamlike coloration and intensity, Alejo Carpentier records the destruction of the black regime-- built on the same corruption and contempt for human life that brought down the French while embodying the same hollow grandeur of false elegance, attained only through slave labor-- in an orgy of voodoo, race hatred, madness, and erotomania., A few years after its liberation from the brutality of French colonial rule in 1803, Haiti endured a period of even greater brutality under the reign of King Henri-Christophe, who was born a slave in Grenada but rose to become the first black king in the Western Hemisphere. In prose of often dreamlike coloration and intensity, Alejo Carpentier records the destruction of the black regime--built on the same corruption and contempt for human life that brought down the French while embodying the same hollow grandeur of false elegance, attained only through slave labor--in an orgy of voodoo, race hatred, madness, and erotomania., A few years after its liberation from the brutality of French colonial rule in 1803, Haiti endured a period of even greater brutality under the reign of King Henri-Christophe, who was born a slave in Grenada but rose to become the first black king in the Western Hemisphere. In prose of often dreamlike coloration and intensity, Alejo Carpentier records the destruction of the black regime--built on the same corruption and contempt for human life that brought down the French while embodying thesame hollow grandeur of false elegance, attained only through slave labor--in an orgy of voodoo, race hatred, madness, and erotomania.
LC Classification Number
PQ7389.C263R413 2006

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