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paperback. Condizione: Fine.

paperback. Condizione: Good. Book & text block show some external wear/scuffing/dirtiness. Interiors are clean with unmarked text/pictures. Binding intact & firm. Good reading copy.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Poetry. Tomaz Salamun is perhaps the most popular and prolific poet in Central Europe today. Thanks to the translation of his work he has also been widely acclaimed abroad. To date he has had four collections of selected poetry published in English. A BALLAD FOR METKA KRASOVEC, originally published in the 1980s by Harcourt, at the mid-point of Salamun's career, is considered by the author to be one of his finest works. The volume is characterized by often striking imagery and sexual turmoil. It is the first complete single volume of his to appear in English translation. The translator is Michael Biggins, who is a Slavic and East European Studies librarian at the University of Washington Libraries in Seattle. SPD also carries Salamun's FOUR QUESTIONS OF MELANCHOLY (White Pine). Poetry. Tomaz Salamun is perhaps the most popular and prolific poet in Central Europe today. Thanks to the translation of his work he has also been widely acclaimed abroad. To date he has had four collections of selected poetry published in English. A BALLAD FOR METKA KRASOVEC, originally published in the 1980s by Harcourt, at the mid-point of Salamun's career, is considered by the author to be one of his finest works. The volume is characterized by often striking imagery and sexual turmoil. It is the first complete single volume of his to appear in English translation. The translator is Michael Biggins, who is a Slavic and East European Studies librarian at the University of Washington Libraries in Seattle. SPD also carries Salamun's FOUR QUESTIONS OF MELANCHOLY (White Pine). Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Later Printing. 8vo. 389pp. Alamut takes place in 11th Century Persia, in the fortress of Alamut, where self-proclaimed prophet Hasan ibn Sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful of elite fighters who are to become his "living daggers." By creating a virtual paradise at Alamut, filled with beautiful women, lush gardens, wine and hashish, Sabbah is able to convince his young fighters that they can reach paradise if they follow his commands. With parallels to Osama bin Laden, Alamut tells the story of how Sabbah was able to instill fear into the ruling class by creating a small army of devotees who were willing to kill, and be killed, in order to achieve paradise. Believing in the supreme Ismaili motto "Nothing is true, everything is permitted," Sabbah wanted to "experiment" with how far he could manipulate religious devotion for his own political gain through appealing to what he called the stupidity and gullibility of people and their passion for pleasure and selfish desires. Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good.…

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Hardback. Condizione: New. Young protagonist Bubi is a perpetual outsider - exiled from Switzerland in 1938, his family returns home to Ljubljana, where their half-German background makes them stick out in local society. Reeling from the loss of his home in Switzerland, and surrounded by a language he can t quite master, Bubi confronts the challenges and humiliations of growing up in a strange environment. Narrated with uncanny naivete, the novel flits between memories of tenderness and shocking violence as Bubi navigates friendship, family, and his burgeoning sexuality in a land under hostile occupation.…

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. AS NEW, UNREAD COPY! SLIGHT WEAR TO JACKET. First Edition stated. Carefully packaged and shipped in box. P.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 342 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. 1st U.S. Edition. First U.S. edition, hardcover, has a small skew to the binding, a hint of very faint bowing to boards, a slight bump to tail of spine, and a touch of very slight shelfwear to head of spine and cover corners, otherwise a solid, tight, clean VG+ copy in a like dust jacket, which has very slight bumps to spine ends and corners, a hint of rubbing to covers, and a barcode sticker to tail of back cover. …

Condizione: New. pp. 400.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 156 pages. 7.75x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.