1st edition. some spotting and fading to fore edge and top.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Inside Flap:
liantly haunting new novel, John Banville forges an unforgettable amalgam of enchantment and menace that suggests both The Tempest and his own acclaimed The Book of Evidence. "A surreal and exquisitely lyrical new novel by one of the great stylists writing in English today."--Boston Globe.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
About the Author:
John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He has been the recipient of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1976), the Guardian Fiction Prize (1981), the Guinness Peat Aviation Book Award (1989), and the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction (1997). He has been both shortlisted for the Booker Prize (1989) and awarded the Man Booker Prize (2005) as well as nominated for the Man Booker International Prize (2007). Other awards include the Franz Kafka Prize (2011), the Austrian State Prize for European Literature (2013), and the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature (2014). He lives in Dublin.
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- PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0436199912
- ISBN 13 9780436199912
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages244
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