The Four Sonyas by Páral, Vladimír

Catbird Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Catbird Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Catbird Press, 1993. 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.

Catbird Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Catbird Press, 1993-01-01. Hardcover. Good.

North Haven. 1993. Catbird Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 094577415x. Translated from the Czech by William Harkins. 291 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Translated Czech Eastern Europe . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Examining the way people manipulate and exploit each other, this novel tells of Sonya, a hotel maid who clings to a fairy-tale dream that someday a prince will come and save her. Since Sonya is young and beautiful, there are many princes who share her dream, but the princes are more like frogs, and instead of saving Sonya, they flirt with her, kidnap her, and give her mysterious directives. Dynamic and darkly comic, this novel's world is one where people will do almost anything to attain their dreams and where freedom is nothing but another fairy tale. In Czechoslovakia, Vladimir Paral has been the most popular serious novelist for more than twenty years. His Balzacian comedies of lack of manners, mixing farce and pathos, are as entertaining as they are powerful.… Read More

North Haven, CT: Catbird Press, 1993. 1st English-language edition. Hardback. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.. A little smudge on bottom edge, light shelfwear. Translated from the Czech by William Harkins. A Perils-of-Pauline story mixing farce and pathos.

New Haven, Connecticut: Catbird Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Fine/Fine. Translated from the Czech. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 391 pages + 3 ads, green quarter-cloth with gilt title on spine. A fine, clean hard cover first edition with minimal shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine dust jacket, with original price.

Catbird Press, 1993-01-01. Hardcover. New.

Catbird Press, 1993-01-01. Hardcover. Like New.