Isbn: 9780593712948 - the empusium: a health resort horror story (10 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Hardcover. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR "A folk horror story with a deceptively light and knowing tone . elegant and genuinely unsettling." -The New York Times Book Review Strange doings in and around a sanitarium expose the horrors that lie beneath the most hallowed ideas September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz's Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great issues of the day: Monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women born inferior? War or peace? Meanwhile, disturbing things are happening in the guesthouse and the surrounding hills. Someone--or something--seems to be watching, attempting to infiltrate this cloistered world. Little does the newcomer realize, as he tries to unravel both the truths within himself and the mystery of the sinister forces beyond, that they have already chosen their next target. A century after the publication of The Magic Mountain, Olga Tokarczuk revisits Thomas Mann territory and lays claim to it, with signature boldness, inventiveness, humor, and bravura.…

hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First US Edition; Stated First Printing. Signed by the author on a tipped-in page preceding the half-title page; no date or inscription. Crisp, clean, bright pages; no owners' marks; hard cover shows small, light taps at the top free corners and a little crimping at the spine head; jacket is likewise crimped at top corners and spine head; otherwise excellent. 300pp. Unclipped jacket is now protected in a clear sleeve.; Signed by Author.…

Zustand: New. Olga Tokarczuk is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker International Prize, among many other honors. She is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction, two collections of essays, and a children s book her work has been tr.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. New York, Riverhead, 2024. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Very Fine in a very fine jacket. A pristine unread copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($30.00). SIGNED BY AUTHOR on a special tipped in page (name only), one of an unknown number of such copies specially issued by publisher. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. A novel, translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Originally publish in Polish in 2022, and first published by Riverhead Books in the U.S. on 24 September 24, 2024, and two days later by Fitzcarraldo Editions in the U.K. The novel won the European Literature Prize (for best European novel translated into Dutch in 2024). Signed by Author(s).…