Words in Commotion and Other Stories by Landolfi, Tommaso - 1986

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Viking Books, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking Books, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking Books, 1986. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking, 1986. Book. Moderate Edge & Shelfwear. Hardcover. First Edition. Pages are clean and binding is tight.

New York. 1986. October 1986. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Worn Dustjacket.Remainder Mark. 0670805181. Translated from the Italian by Kathrine Jason. 275 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Ralph Masiello. keywords: Literature Translated Italy . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Little known in this country when he died in 1979, Landolfi is scarcely better recognized today, a situation this collection of 24 stories, with an introduction by Italo Calvino, is intended to remedy. Landolfi did not aspire to amuse or entertain in the usual sense; he preferred to confound and mystify. Even in his relatively conventional stories he scarcely bothered to inquire into motive or seek resolution. In ‘Uxoricide,' for example, a wife-murderer sets out to kill the shrew for reasons that do not seem quite sufficient, so that the act itself appears brutal and sadistic. In ‘A Woman's Breast,' a man lusts after that part of a stranger until he attains it, is thereupon sickened by the… Read More

Viking, 1986. First American Edition. Hardback, Dustjacket. Very Good. Cover curled top and bottom..

Viking Adult, 1986-10-08. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Viking Penguin, 1986. Hardcover. NF/NF, top edge dirty, remainder mark on tail, slight edgewear to dust jacket. octavo. Edition Not Stated