THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE
by RILKE, Rainer Maria
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Some light staining to the vellum. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Lovely edition of this important novel
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
A masterly new translation of one of the first great modernist novels In the only novel by one of the German language's greatest poets, a young man named Malte Laurids Brigge lives in a cheap room in Paris while his belongings rot in storage. Every person he sees seems to carry their death with them, and with little but a library card to distinguish him from the city's untouchables, he thinks of the deaths, and ghosts, of his aristocratic family, of which he is the sole living descendant. Suffused with passages of lyrical brilliance, Rilke's semi-autobiographical novel is a moving and powerful coming-of-age story.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019412
- Title
- THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE
- Author
- RILKE, Rainer Maria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Some light staining to the vellum. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Lovely edition of this important novel
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- [New York]
- Date Published
- (1987)
- Keywords
- Limited Editions Club, Fine Printing, Modern First Editions, Modern German Literature, Modern Firsts, Stamperia Valdonega
- Bookseller catalogs
- German Literature; Fine Printing;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
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