Personalities at Poppelsdorf by Oliver, John

Great Britain: William Sessions Limited, 1991. Paperback. First Edition. Personalities at Poppelsdorf. Message to inside cover signed by the author. Variety is the key-note of these unusual stories set in a unique framework of a life-time's personal experience: variety of place - Mexico, Israel, Rhodesia, Washington,. the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, Geneva, Bulgaria, Corsica and Germany north, south, east and west' variety of theme - romance, murder, diplomacy, farce, pathos and sheer fun; and variety of technique in story telling. The stories project colourful scences that light up unexpected aspects of local customs, food, language and ethnic culture in widely contrasting places. The reader is constantly surprised by a subtle vein of irony that draws humour from solemn-sounding situations. Fourteen fictional stories, then, linked by one mature mind reflecting on the human condition across four continents and six decades. The extradordinary variety within these stories reflects the many-sided… Read More

William Sessions York 1991 PB Short stories - signed/inscribed by the author VG 189pp 0

Personalities at Poppelsdorf
OLIVER, John A.
ISBN: 9781850720916
William Sessions Limited, York, 1991, softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, illustrated from several line drawings and b/w photographs, 189 pp.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners. Lovely edition.
BIOGRAPHY, JOHN OLIVER, EXPERIENCES, STORIES, WORK AND LIFE ABROAD
46727 BIOG/O £14.50