Stevenson Under the Palm Trees
Manguel merges fantasy and reality to create a deceptively simple tale that's both evocative and disturbing.ObserverRobert Louis Stevenson is enjoying life on the humid, colourful island of Samoa until rape, murder and the appearance of his doppelganger, Mr Baker, change everything.With this playful homage to Stevenson's life and work Manguel has woven an intoxicating tale in which dreams mingle with consciousness and repressed desires take shape; where stories become reality and storytellers merge with their own creations.Deftly drawing on Stevenson's writings, Manguel moves elegantly through multiple dualities - not merely repression and se…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84195-598-8
- EAN: 9781841955988
- Produktnummer: 19820513
- Verlag: Canongate Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 112 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B13.1 cm x D0.7 cm 88 g
- Auflage: Main
- Gewicht: 88
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Internationally acclaimed as an essayist and novelist, Alberto Manguel is also a prize-winning translator and has edited ten anthologies. Author of the award-winning A History of Reading, News from a Foreign Country Came and Stevenson Under the Palm Trees, his most recent book is A Reading Diary. Born in Buenos Aires, he has lived in Italy, England, Tahiti and Canada, and now lives in France, where he was named an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters.
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