Richard wirick (20 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: New. pp. 240 Illus.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Secondhand. Clean pages. Very good book.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 240 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. Signed. Inscribed by author on title page! In great condition with minimal/no wear, clean and unmarked pages, and firm binding.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 240 pages. 8.50x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 166 pages. 8.50x5.51x0.38 inches. In Stock.

Advance reading copy. 135 pp. A few small stains to rear cover, else very good plus in illustrated wrappers. "Soft Skull Press" imprint on the spine.

Zustand: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 380 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.85 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 168 pages. 5.50x0.50x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 380 pages. 5.50x1.00x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Hat of Candles is a sparkling and trenchant collection of non-fiction ranging over qualities of mind that preoccupy most thinking people of our time. The political mysteries of China, Indonesia and India are featured in the Open Window section that begins the book. Portraits of writers, critics, artists and even secondary school teachers populate the marvelous range of the middle, 'Biograph' section. The wide range of essays on literature feature illuminations of that sullen art from numerous countries and many languages. Every page offers new discoveries, new climes whose lakes and peaks are traced with Wirick's impeccable poetic style. The portraits of individuals-writers, murderers, Balinese cockfighters-jump out with the vividness of cinema, and there are simply no better assessments of literature than from one who sails the open sea of fiction as well as, in Updike's phrase, hugs the shore of the actual, the historical, and the possible as well as the inevitable. The prose is mellifluous, pure as silk and yet strong as the yachtmen's lines that draw the reader through the dark and light lands of the heart, the imagination, and the twofold cord that binds them. This is a dazzling collection, encompassing all that we care about, and much that we should. …

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnHat of Candles is a sparkling and trenchant collection of non-fiction ranging over qualities of mind that preoccupy most thinking people of our time. The political mysteries of China, Indonesia and India are featured in the Open W.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Anxious hearts and tough-skinned facades, in both clever urban millennials and 'good country people,' are rendered by Wirick with uncanny wisdom and perceptiveness, what the critic James Woods calls 'Serious Noticing.' A family on a cross-country trip takes in a Garden of Eden theme park-complete with serpent-and are stripped of their hayseed innocence; a woman loses her home and searches the Dark Web for remedies; a college man's flirtations reveal unwelcome surprises from his prey; college engineering students, skydiving, are mistakenly dropped over the night ocean; an artist's cleaning lady assembles tossed items into creations of her own.Wirick's people are true to their dreams, guided by their hungers for art and love, and find in their searches adventures that are both earthly and supremely transcendent. These are a gritty testament to how we live now, battling against ennui and dead time, working inside the enormous fantasy systems of romance and the construction of personality. His pen burnishes the roughest of predicaments, and we see in them mirrors of ourselves, our Others, and the vectors of passion flowing between them. As always, the style is marvelous, 'as close to song as prose can become.'.…