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The House of Paper
Carlos María Domínguez Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor
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9780151011476 Hardcover
0151011478
$18.00
112pages
Available
Trim Size:
5 x 7 1/4
Copyright Year:
2005
Territory:
US, O
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Synopsis |
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Bluma Lennon, distinguished professor of Latin American literature at Cambridge, is hit by a car while crossing the street, immersed in a volume of Emily Dickinson's poems. Several months after her untimely demise, a package arrives for her from Argentina-a copy of a Conrad novel, encrusted in cement and inscribed with a mysterious dedication. Bluma's successor in the department (and a former lover) travels to Buenos Aires to track down the sender, one Carlos Brauer, who turns out to have disappeared.
The last thing known is that he moved to a remote stretch of the Uruguayan coastline and built himself a house out of his enormous and valuable library. How he got there, and why, is the subject of this seductive novel-part mystery, part social comedy, and part examination of all the many forms of bibliomania.
Charmingly illustrated by Peter S-s, The House of Paper is a tribute to the strange and passionate relationship between people and their books.
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Praise |
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"It comes from a territory of the imagination that is distant and dreamlike."
Alexander McCall Smith,New York Times,12/4/2005
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Biography |
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CARLOS MAR-A DOM-NGUEZ is the author of numerous novels. He is also a journalist and literary critic. He lives in Montevideo, Uruguay.
PETER S-S was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia. His many books include two Caldecott Honor winners: Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei and Tibet Through the Red Box. He lives in New York.
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General Subjects |
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Fiction- Literary
Fiction- General
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Academic Disciplines & Course Studies |
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English Language & Literature- World Literature
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Interdisciplinary Studies- Latin American Studies
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First Serial/Second Serial/Reprint: Harcourt
Audio/UK: Harvill Secker (Random House UK Ltd.)
Performance/Translation: Agencia Literaria Carmen Balcells
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Rights Information |
Harcourt Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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