DESERTED CITIES OF THE HEART
by Shiner, Lewis
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168883) (29664)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney: Doubleday, [1988]. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168883) (29664). Octavo, cloth-backed boards. Signed on the title page by Shiner. Additionally inscribed by Shiner to "Clark" on the half title page. "DESERTED CITIES OF THE HEART (1988), set in a magic-realist Mexico, features a complexity of plots, involving imagined time travel back to the age of the Mayas, heated sexual and political intertwinings, and moments of not entirely convinced transcendence; but the style of the tale is shining and faceted, and its various protagonists are vividly realized as they hover closer and closer to a long-predicted Holocaust." - John Clute, SFE (online). The author's second book and best novel.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29664
- Title
- DESERTED CITIES OF THE HEART
- Author
- Shiner, Lewis
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168883) (29664)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, London, Toronto, Sydney
- Date Published
- [1988]
- Keywords
- SF . Signed
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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