About this title: The 12 trans-realist prose sketches in Christmas At The Four Corners of The Earth take the reader to Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Rotterdam, China, New Mexico, New Zealand, the Ardennes Forest, and the south Atlantic ocean. We meet a one-armed man playing the piano in a small bungalow under the Southern Cross, a Countess who survives the sinking of a transatlantic steamer and artists who drink and sing through Christmas eve and day. These sketches - working together - are antitheses to traditional and perhaps sentimental Christmas stories. These are not tales of the star, the shepherds and ...
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Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1880238160. Translated from the French by Bertrand Mathieu. Pen and ink drawings by Denzil Walker. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. read more
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boa Editions, Rochester, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9781880238165ISBN:1880238160
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First U.S. Edition. NF/NF. Hardcover, white cloth with black titles, DJ, 65 pp, b&w illustrations, light edgewear, else a clean and crisp copy. read more
Description: Description: 65 p. : ill.; 24 cm. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. 1. pp. 65. read more
Description: Description: 65 p. : ill.; 24 cm. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. read more
Description: Very Good. Former owners name inside front cover. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD with very light wear to cover and pages. a no hassle guarantee on all our items. read more
Description: Good. 1880238160 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
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