Isbn: 9780671703745 - deception (29 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. A dazzling novel about a man and woman married to other people--and the riveting conversations that take place before and after they make love--from the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastoral. This swift, elegant, disturbing novel.stands at the extreme of contemporary fiction. --The New York Times Book Review With the lover everyday life recedes, Roth writes--and exhibiting all his skill as a brilliant observer of human passion, he presents in Deception the tightly enclosed world of adulterous intimacy with a directness that has no equal in American fiction. At the center of Deception are two adulterers in their hiding place. He is a middle-aged American writer named Philip, living in London, and she is an articulate, intelligent, well-educated Englishwoman compromised by a humiliating marriage to which, in her thirties, she is already nervously half-resigned. The book's action consists of conversation--mainly the lovers talking to each other before and after making love. That dialogue--sharp, rich, playful, inquiring, moving, as Hermione Lee writes, on a scale of pain from furious bafflement to stoic gaiety--is nearly all there is to this book, and all there needs to be.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Zustand: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

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: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 16923238. 1786888291. 8/16/2026 1:51:31 PM.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition. All inside pages are in great shape. Minor shelf wear to the dust jacket.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. 1st edition/1st printing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Simon & Schuster, 1990. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new, with some shelf/edgewear. Spotting along page ends.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good copy with clean pages and dust jacket. Previous ownership stamp to front free end paper.

dj. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards lightly bumped at the corners and spine ends. Jacket is lightly edgeworn, with a chip to the bottom flap fold and faint adhesive residue on the front panel.

Hardcover. Zustand: Bon. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Review copy with laid in slip. A novel from this acclaimed author. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Book is in very good condition: No writings/markings on text. Dust jacket has some shelf wear--acceptable condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Near fine in a dust jacket that is slightly misfolded, thus very good, and with faint tanning and edgewear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990. First edition. First printing, with full number line including 1. Hardcover. Gray cloth, gilt spine lettering. Sand-colored endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy. Publisher's original price of $18.95 intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Octavo, 208 pages. A novel presented largely in dialogue form, centering on a writer named Philip and his affair with a married Englishwoman. The book blurs the line between autobiography and fiction, probing intimacy, betrayal, and the porous boundary between a writer's life and his work. Roth (1933 2018) was one of America's most decorated novelists, author of over thirty books. His honors include the National Book Award (1960, "Goodbye, Columbus"; 1995, "Sabbath's Theater"), the National Book Critics Circle Award (1987, "The Counterlife"), the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1998, "American Pastoral"), the PEN/Faulkner Award (1994, "Operation Shylock"; 2001, "The Human Stain"; 2007, "Everyman"), and the Man Booker International Prize (2011, for lifetime achievement). "Deception" was his twenty-first book, appearing after "The Counterlife" and before "Patrimony." CLS. …

Zustand: Good. 8vo., 208 pp., Very Good, Brown Cloth, Dust Jacket with creasing, staining, sun-fading, rubbing, & edge wear; minor staining on edge of text block; shelf wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Fine in a lightly age-toned but fine dustwrapper.

Zustand: Very Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Fine in an about fine dustwrapper with slight toning. Signed by the author.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Boards slightly bumped and rubbed, else near fine in a just about fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title page.