william weaver gadda (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: New. pp. 416.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 388 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First American edition. Very Good with slightly rubbed and toned cloth in Very Good well-rubbed and slightly edge-worn unclipped dust jacket. An Italian experimental detective novel set in fascist Rome, first published in 1957.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. George Braziller. 1965. 388 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear, rubbing & chipping present to the DJ especially around the extremities. Bound in cloth boards with gilt titles present. Boards have light present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In a large apartment house in central Rome, two crimes are committed within a matter of days: a burglary, in which a good deal of money and precious jewels are taken, and a murder, as a young woman whose husband is out of town is found with her throat cut. Called in to investigate, melancholy Detective Ciccio, a secret admirer of the murdered woman and a friend of her husband's, discovers that almost everyone in the apartment building is somehow involved in the case, and with each new development the mystery only deepens and broadens. Gadda's sublimely different detective story presents a scathing picture of fascist Italy while tracking the elusiveness of the truth, the impossibility of proof, and the infinite complexity of the workings of fate, showing how they come into conflict with the demands of justice and love. E-36; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 388 pages.