translated lysander kemp (9 risultati)

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. In Very Good+ condition. This book described by its author as 'a small monograph on the culture of the Chamulas, ' concerns an indigenous group of Tzotzil-speaking Indians who live in the rural sectors among the mountain highlands of San Cristobal de Las Casas, in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. Their focus is the tiny village of Chamula, dedicated to ceremonial functions, where the political and religious authorities live.

Condizione: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint paperback; stated fifteenth printing. Entire book is very clean, square along the edges, and tightly bound. Exterior has a bump to spine top; front free end paper is removed. Text is absolutely clean and clear with a strong, tight binding.

First edition, first printing Bilingual Edition. Handsome close to fine bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Honi Werner (Cover Design) (illustratore). 1st Farrar, Straus & Giroux Edition. 409 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear and crisp pages. Occassional pencil and pen markings on text and on back cover.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 88pp. 21.5cm. Soft covers. Good clean copy. (A 'novella of horror and beauty').

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st American edition. Octavo. Near fine in near fine DJ. 409 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Slight foxing to top edge, light cloth spotting, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1/4"tear and crease atop the spine, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover.; First Edition, First Printing of the first English translation of Vargas Llosa's writing, his first novel. "Moving back and forth from pst to present, from inner thought to outer action, from inside the [Leoncio Prado Military] Academy to the city outside, Vargas Llosa exposes the sordid world of the military elite, with its hypocrisy, moral decay, and power politics, and the corruption throughout the society beyond the Academy walls." Small wonder that a thousand copies of his novel were burned in official ceremony at the actual Academy in Lima, an early sign of the impact of the Peruvian novelist that earned the 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature. ; 409 pages 1st English Language Edition; First Printing.