Baroja pio translator (8 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good- Dust Jacket. 2nd Printing. 2nd printing of 1st American edition. In English, translated by Anthony Kerrigan. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Dust jacket has light age-toning; edgewear. From a private collection. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 188 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First English Language edition. 415 pp, The World of Pio Baroja by Anthony Kerrigan; Novel: The Restlessness of Shanti Andia; Stories: The Cabbages in the Cemetery; The Abyss; Essays and Sketches: The way I Write; The Renegade Friar; Galvez the Absurd; The Tale of a Wig; Play: The Legend of Juan de Alzate. 5.8" x 9.2" cloth boards. Price clipped. Minor edge wear to dj with only the slightest age-toning to bottom and fore- text block edge, else, no wear. Tight and strong binding with slight forward lean, else no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Dark Blue decorative cloth with yellow lettering to spine. "Pio Baroja y Nessi (1872-1956) was a Spanish writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98. He was a member of an illustrious family, his brother Ricardo was a painter, writer and engraver, and his nephew Julio Caro Baroja, son of his younger sister Carmen, was a well-known anthropologist. In keeping with Spanish literary tradition, Baroja often wrote in a pessimistic, picaresque style. His deft portrayal of the characters and settings brought the Basque region to life much as Benito Perez Galdós's works offered an insight into Madrid. Baroja's works were often lively but could be lacking in plot. They are written in an abrupt, vivid, yet impersonal style. He was accused of grammatical errors, which he never denied. Ernest Hemingway was greatly influenced by Baroja and told him when he visited him in October 1956, 'Allow me to pay this small tribute to you who taught so much to those of us who wanted to be writers when we were young. I deplore the fact that you have not yet received a Nobel Prize, especially when it was given to so many who deserved it less, like me, who am only an adventurer'. Baroja died shortly after this visit and was buried in the Civil Cemetery of Madrid." Size: Octavo. Book.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. translation edition. 341 pages. 8.50x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. translation edition. 341 pages. 8.50x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

SIGNED and INSCRIBED on enddpaper by translator, Kerrigan. "For Liv and Howard, with Love, Tony". Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine gray marbled dj. One of the classics of European literature. translated/author, Anthony Kerrigan "one of those rare translators who are faithful to both the spirit and the letter of the original. Contains the title novel - a story of a Basque seaman cought in the vileness of the slave trade - and 2 short stories, 4 essays and sketches, and a play "The Legend of Jaun de Alzate". Translated and with a long introductory essay ("The World of Pio Baroja") by Anthony Kerrigan. 415 pp. Book.…

dj. First American edition. First American edition. [vi], 344, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with yellow stamping. Fine, slight scuff along fore edge, in a Near Fine dust jacket, spine darkened, wear along head, tiny closed tears along bottom edge, price-clipped. An attractive copy of the Spanish novel, an installment in the Struggle for Life trilogy. Front panel design is from a painting by John Dos Passos.…

dj. First American edition. First American edition. [viii], 347, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with yellow stamping. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, spine panel a little darkened with a faint stain, price-clipped. An attractive copy of the Spanish novel, the final installment in the Struggle for Life trilogy. Front panel design is from a painting by John Dos Passos.…