The Rendezvous and Other Stories
Autor Patrick O`brianen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 ian 1996
Although the tone of this collection ranges effortlessly from the humorous to the dramatic, the most characteristic and memorable stories often have to do with a glimpse of savage, destructive forces through the fragile shell of human civilization. The threatened chaos may be psychological, as in On the Wolfsberg, or it may be lurking in the natural world, as in A Passage of the Frontier, or, as in the dark masterpiece The Chian Wine, it is suddenly discovered in the ancient, irrational impulses of human nature.
The setting may be the marshes of western Ireland, the Pyrenees, or the claustrophobic confines of a clockmender's house, but each story is a showcase for Patrick O'Brian's fresh and meticulous prose; each story reaffirms his sympathetic understanding of human passion and suffering. This collection proves that O'Brian is not simply the master of a genre, but an author who will long be honored as one of our most eminent literary figures.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780393313802
ISBN-10: 0393313808
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 141 x 208 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Ediția:American.
Editura: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN-10: 0393313808
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 141 x 208 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Ediția:American.
Editura: W. W. Norton & Company