Michael Leapman:The Book of the British Library
- Taschenbuch 2013, ISBN: 9780712358378
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Self-published, 2013 Self-published, 2013 231 pp with B&W photo illustrations throughout. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are bright and undamaged. The author says, "I … Mehr…
Self-published, 2013 Self-published, 2013 231 pp with B&W photo illustrations throughout. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are bright and undamaged. The author says, "I was born in South Texas and grew up on a cotton farm in the 1950s. I owe the privilege of my Texas upbringing to the stalwart spirit of my great-grandparents Tomas and Veronika Fojt who in 1870 were among Texas first pioneers. They came with a hearty constitution, physical endurance, grit, perseverance, bravery and a spirit forged by love of land and freedom. As Czech immigrants they settled the Texas blacklands as farmers and blacksmiths. Unfortunately, 140 years passed before I became aware of the depth of gratitude owed them; and converselydue largely to ignorance of their existencehad likewise been denied. After searching, I finally found the remains of their intrepid spirit on the Texas prairieetched in stone and muted in the silence of a foreign language that as a 4th generation Texas Czech, I had long forgotten. In their memory, I published Strangers at the Gate in 2013 to honor and give thanks for their fortuitous ancestral passage to an extraordinary place called Texas.". Large Format Soft Cover. Very Good. 8.5" x 11". Privately Printed.. Paperback. Very Good., Self-published, 2013, Penguin Books India, 2000. Softcover. New. Set in post-independence India, the novel follows for eighteen months or so four linked families in Calcutta, the province of Purva Pradesh and its capital Brahmpur, and the citiesDelhi, Kanpur, Lucknowtrawled by the heroines mother in her search for a suitable boy But the greatness of the novel, its unassailable truthfulness, owes less to research than to imagination, an instinctive knowledge of the human heart with all its varieties of kindness and cruelty, its capacity for hurt As with all the best books, one feels only dismay when the pages on the right of the tome start thinning out. The Observer So vast and so amicably peopled, (A Suitable Boy) is a long, sweet, sleepless pilgrimage to life. Rich and epical, Suitable Boy is nonetheless strikingly unpretentious In 1,400 pages (the novel) covers India like a sun, warming a whole country in its historical rays It is almost impossible to imagine an unswayed reader. The Guardian Not merely one of the longest novels in English; it may also prove to be the most fecund as well as the most prodigious work of the latter half of this century. The Times A phenomenon, a prodigy, a marvel of 19th century storytelling in the language of today It is hard to believe that Seth is only one man. He writes with the omniscience and authority of a large, orderly committee of experts on Indian politics, law, medicine, crowd psychology, urban and rural social customs, dress, cuisine, horticulture, funerary rites, cricket and even the technicalities of shoe manufacture. Evening Standard Puts a subcontinent between hard covers hundreds of people stream into view and are illuminated by the brilliant, warm lucidity of Vikram Seths regard Conceived on the grand scale of the great 19th century novelsWar and Peace, MiddlemarchA Suitable Boy grows to match them in its breadth and depth (A) massive and magnificent book. The Sunday Times We should be grateful for this panoramic sweep which revives in our memory a period when a whole way of life came to an end(Seths) sure touch is really quite incredible, his characters are consistent from beginning to end. The Hindu A quietly monumental novel(Seth) has given us that unlikeliest of hybrids, a modest tour de force. Times Literary Supplement Printed Pages: 1368. Suitable BoyVikram Seth9780140230338, Penguin Books India, 2000, Penguin Books India, 2000. Softcover. New. ‘Set in post-independence India, the novel follows for eighteen months or so four linked families in Calcutta, the province of Purva Pradesh and its capital Brahmpur, and the cities–Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow—trawled by the heroine’s mother in her search for a “suitable boyâ€â€¦ But the greatness of the novel, its unassailable truthfulness, owes less to research than to imagination, an instinctive knowledge of the human heart – with all its varieties of kindness and cruelty, its capacity for hurt… As with all the best books, one feels only dismay when the pages on the right of the tome start thinning out.’ —The Observer ‘So vast and so amicably peopled, (A Suitable Boy) is a long, sweet, sleepless pilgrimage to life. Rich and epical, Suitable Boy is nonetheless strikingly unpretentious… In 1,400 pages (the novel) covers India like a sun, warming a whole country in its historical rays… It is almost impossible to imagine an unswayed reader.’ —The Guardian ‘Not merely one of the longest novels in English; it may also prove to be the most fecund as well as the most prodigious work of the latter half of this century.’ —The Times ‘A phenomenon, a prodigy, a marvel of 19th century storytelling in the language of today… It is hard to believe that Seth is only one man. He writes with the omniscience and authority of a large, orderly committee of experts on Indian politics, law, medicine, crowd psychology, urban and rural social customs, dress, cuisine, horticulture, funerary rites, cricket and even the technicalities of shoe manufacture.’ —Evening Standard ‘Puts a subcontinent between hard covers… hundreds of people stream into view and are illuminated by the brilliant, warm lucidity of Vikram Seth’s regard… Conceived on the grand scale of the great 19th century novels—War and Peace, Middlemarch—A Suitable Boy grows to match them in its breadth and depth… (A) massive and magnificent book.’ —The Sunday Times ‘We should be grateful for this panoramic sweep which revives in our memory a period when a whole way of life came to an end…(Seth’s) sure touch is really quite incredible, his characters are consistent from beginning to end.’ —The Hindu ‘A quietly monumental novel…(Seth) has given us that unlikeliest of hybrids, a modest tour de force.’ —Times Literary Supplement Printed Pages: 1368., Penguin Books India, 2000, Penguin Books India, 2000. Softcover. New. ‘Set in post-independence India, the novel follows for eighteen months or so four linked families in Calcutta, the province of Purva Pradesh and its capital Brahmpur, and the cities–Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow—trawled by the heroine’s mother in her search for a “suitable boyâ€â€¦ But the greatness of the novel, its unassailable truthfulness, owes less to research than to imagination, an instinctive knowledge of the human heart – with all its varieties of kindness and cruelty, its capacity for hurt… As with all the best books, one feels only dismay when the pages on the right of the tome start thinning out.’ —The Observer ‘So vast and so amicably peopled, (A Suitable Boy) is a long, sweet, sleepless pilgrimage to life. Rich and epical, Suitable Boy is nonetheless strikingly unpretentious… In 1,400 pages (the novel) covers India like a sun, warming a whole country in its historical rays… It is almost impossible to imagine an unswayed reader.’ —The Guardian ‘Not merely one of the longest novels in English; it may also prove to be the most fecund as well as the most prodigious work of the latter half of this century.’ —The Times ‘A phenomenon, a prodigy, a marvel of 19th century storytelling in the language of today… It is hard to believe that Seth is only one man. He writes with the omniscience and authority of a large, orderly committee of experts on Indian politics, law, medicine, crowd psychology, urban and rural social customs, dress, cuisine, horticulture, funerary rites, cricket and even the technicalities of shoe manufacture.’ —Evening Standard ‘Puts a subcontinent between hard covers… hundreds of people stream into view and are illuminated by the brilliant, warm lucidity of Vikram Seth’s regard… Conceived on the grand scale of the great 19th century novels—War and Peace, Middlemarch—A Suitable Boy grows to match them in its breadth and depth… (A) massive and magnificent book.’ —The Sunday Times ‘We should be grateful for this panoramic sweep which revives in our memory a period when a whole way of life came to an end…(Seth’s) sure touch is really quite incredible, his characters are consistent from beginning to end.’ —The Hindu ‘A quietly monumental novel…(Seth) has given us that unlikeliest of hybrids, a modest tour de force.’ —Times Literary Supplement Printed Pages: 1368., Penguin Books India, 2000, Conway Maritime Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1975. Hard Cover. 8vo 0851770452 Originally published in 1932. Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Green cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Frontis. Illustrated with line drawings by F B Harnack. 235 pages clean and tight. Magic of the Swatchways is concerned with the natural.romance of the wild and deserted creeks and rivet's and those who explore them in small boats. It is for those who love the peace and solitude of the creeks at night and the moan of the sea on the sands. Magic of the Swatchways is probably the last and certainly the hest memorial to an area which may never again be the same. "The Griffiths magic has been reflected in his writing, soy that it has touched the lives of innumerable people. It would he hard to guess just how many of them owe the kindling of their first enthusiasm to some chance passage in The Magic of the Swatchways." J. D. Sleightholme. "I have always regarded it as one of the best yachting hooks ever written, fit to rank with Erskine Childers Riddle of the Sands, among the very few immortals." - Frank G.G. Carr ., Conway Maritime Press, 1975, George Allen, London. 1919. Pb. Arthur Davis Memorial Lecture. G+., George Allen, London. 1919., Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; As well as holding some of the world's most prized cultural treasures, the British Library is the repository of the nation's collective memory. Owing its origin to the generosity and far-sightedness of a handful of eighteenth-century s<
