The Perpetual Orgy; Flaubert and Madame Bovary
by Llosa, Mario Vargas (Based on the work of Gustave Flaubert.)
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0374520623
- ISBN 13
- 9780374520625
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About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux [0-374-52062-3] 1987. (Trade paperback) 239pp. Near fine. Notes. "The Perpetual Orgy is Mario Vargas Llosa's first nonfiction book to appear in English. A brilliant analysis of Flaubert's Madame Bovary, the Perpetual Orgy is divided into three sections: the first, 'An Unrequited Passion,' is a tete-a-tete with Emma Bovary; the second, 'The Pen-Man,' traces the gestation and birth of the novel, as well as Flaubert's method, his mania for documentation, and the novel's literary sources; the third, 'The First Modern Novel,' situates Madame Bovary in literary history". Based on the work of Gustave Flaubert. Book about Madame Bovary. Translated by Helen Lane. (Ideas, Essays, Ideas, Literary Criticism, Novels).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153230
- Title
- The Perpetual Orgy; Flaubert and Madame Bovary
- Author
- Llosa, Mario Vargas (Based on the work of Gustave Flaubert.)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0374520623
- ISBN 13
- 9780374520625
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- September 1987
- Keywords
- Ideas, Essays, Ideas, Literary Criticism, Novels
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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