A Burnt Child
by Dagerman, Stig
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-144: Chatto & Windus. Very Good. 1950. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Chatto & Windus. 1950. 264 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has chipping, shelf-wear and tape repairs present to the DJ especially around the extremities (see photo). Bound in cloth boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Set in a working-class neighborhood in Stockholm, the story revolves around a young man named Bengt who falls into deep, private turmoil with the unexpected death of his mother. As he struggles to cope with her loss, his despair slowly transforms to rage when he discovers his father had a mistress. But as Bengt swears revenge on behalf of his mothers memory, he also finds himself drawn into a fevered and conflicted relationship with this womana turn that causes him to question his previous faith in morality, virtue, and fidelity. E-144 .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64843
- Title
- A Burnt Child
- Author
- Dagerman, Stig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- E-144
- Date Published
- 1950
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.