The Calligrapher - Rilegato

Docx, Edward

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ISBN 10: 0618343970 ISBN 13: 9780618343973

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin, 2004

Riassunto

After meeting the enigmatic Madeleine, Jasper, a London calligrapher and notorious seducer, finds himself falling in love for the first time and discovers in the poems of John Donne, which he has been transcribing, the meaning of love and life.

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Recensione:

“Nimble and extremely deft . . . A witty debut.”

Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"The double surprises that end the narrative are diabolically satisfying.” Publishers Weekly

"Brilliant...Docx manages to comment astutely on Donne's poetry while crafting a thoroughly modern entertainment on hip young Londoners." Library Journal Starred

"[Docx] writes in a deliciously evocative manner . . . that links him with favored authors like Fitzgerald and Nabokov." --Barbara Hoffert Library Journal

"Pure delight." --Rebecca Ascher-Walsh Entertainment Weekly

"Sharp and wryly funny." People Magazine

"A sly debut." The New Yorker

L'autore:

Edward Docx is the author of the acclaimed The Calligrapher, named a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year. He lives in London.

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0618343970
• ISBN 13: 9780618343973
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 352