The Pyramid - Hardcover

THE PYRAMID [First American edition]

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First American Edtion. First impression of the first US edition in English. Translated into English from the French of Yusuf Vrioni by David Bellos, in consultation with the author (based on the second French edition) with full number-string sequence including the no. "1": 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. ***Near fine in yellow boards with black titles to mustard spine. Tan front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. No inscriptions. Pages bright and clean. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of $21.95. No tears. Spine and front and rear panels of dustwrapper bright. 161 pages. 216mm x 146mm. ***'Egypt in the twenty-sixth century B.C. Young Pharoah Cheops thinks he'll forego the construction of a pyramid in his honor, an edifice that strikes him as the symbol of a singularly macabre obsession with death. But the court sages hasten to change his mind when they consult a hidden cache of papyri and discover that the pyramid was originally designed not as a tomb but as a paradox, a way of appeasing the masses by literally and figuratively oppressing them. ***Kadare' keen parable of paranoia and terror will invite comparisons to the works of Franz Kafka, Paul Auster, and Elias Canetti, It is his most riveting work to date.' ***'Every year for almost a decade, Kadare has given the most discriminating readers a novel that astonishes them, moves them, intrigues them --- The time is right for Kadare to win the prize he merits --- Give Kadare the Novel - Magazine litteraire (Paris).' ***First impression of the first American edition in English (based on the second French edition), in its original dustwrapper in very nice condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Artikel-Nr. 3880

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