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Longing; a novel
by J. D. Landis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151004536
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004539
- Seller
-
Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Harcourt: NY, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 446 pages, yellow boards. A very good, clean, neat hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear (The previous owner unfortunately removed the dust jacket while reading this copy--thus the book is in very good condition but the dust jacket is near fine.) ; hinges tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, clean, lightly rubbed dust jacket, with original price.
Synopsis
The Romantic era was the cradle for artists who lived life to the fullest and loved without restraint, and Robert Schumann and his wife, Clara, were the epitome of this unbounded period. Robert shocked and confused listeners with music that heralded the beginning of the modern era while he drove both his mind and his body to their limit. Clara was the most acclaimed female pianist of her time-a time that included Liszt, Chopin, Mendelssohn, and later, Brahms, whom Clara and Robert loved more than any other man. With characters of surpassing vitality, Longing delineates the most intimate details of the relationships between men and women with a surpassing precision, sympathy, and wisdom. Combining the dramatic historical narrative of The Alienist with the passionate sensitivity of Possession and the sensual intellectuality of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, it is a consummate achievement of the novelist's art.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10372
- Title
- Longing; a novel
- Author
- J. D. Landis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151004536
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004539
- Publisher
- Harcourt: NY
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Fiction; Novel; Music
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About the Seller
Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
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Newmarket, New Hampshire
About Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
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Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
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