The Bells of Agony
by Dourado, Autran
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0720606810
- ISBN 13
- 9780720606812
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Peter Owen, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Translated and with an Introduction by John M. Parker. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (£12.95). Red boards, rubbed at the bottom edge, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Dourado's reworking of Phaedra and Hippolytus to serve as an allegory for modern Brazil.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7189
- Title
- The Bells of Agony
- Author
- Dourado, Autran
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0720606810
- ISBN 13
- 9780720606812
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Brazilian Literature, Latinx Literature, South American Literature, 20th Century Literature, 18th Century, Gold
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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