Lies and sorcery /
Though written at the end of the first half of the twentieth century this is essentially a nineteenth century novel written with a twentieth century sensibility. A few things give it away as a twentieth century novel, regular trains, even to remote rural areas and a gramophone as well as the fact t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York Review Books,
[2023].
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| Series: | New York Review Books classics.
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| Summary: | Though written at the end of the first half of the twentieth century this is essentially a nineteenth century novel written with a twentieth century sensibility. A few things give it away as a twentieth century novel, regular trains, even to remote rural areas and a gramophone as well as the fact that, unlike most nineteenth century novels, none of the main characters survives unscarred. Indeed, most of them die, usually relatively unpleasant deaths. The other unusual feature is that there is no reference whatsoever to political events in the country. Napoleon is mentioned in passing but that is it. |
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| Item Description: | First published in Italian as "Menzogna e sortilegio" in 1948. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 775 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781681376844 1681376849 |