THE HEADLESS BUST. A MELANCHOLY MEDITATION FOR THE FALSE MILLENNIUM. EDWARD GOREY. Libro en papel. 9780151005147 LIBRERIA 9 3/4
THE HEADLESS BUST

THE HEADLESS BUST

A MELANCHOLY MEDITATION FOR THE FALSE MILLENNIUM

EDWARD GOREY

$ 77,000.00
IVA incluido
agotado
Editorial:
HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH
Materia
Ediciones especiales o ilustrado
ISBN:
978-0-15-100514-7

As we wander off with Edward Gorey into the next millennium our reasons for being here are far from clear. Nevertheless, the master craftsmen is at his best . . Ere the last guest was fin'lly gone.Ça va, hélas, from bad to worse: Adieu to prose, alló to verse. The Bahhumbug with lack of tact. Now called attention to the fact, Which made it feel to Edmund Gravel. He was already to unravel.

Artículos relacionados

  • LA TRANSFORMACIÓN
    MARY SHELLEY / IL. GABRIELA RUBIO
    Arruinado tras haber dilapidado su fortuna, Guido regresa a Italia, donde su habilidad y su orgullo le llevan a recobrar y a perder el amor de su prometida. El encuentro con un ser diabólico le permitirá ejecutar su venganza mediante un pacto siniestro. ...
    En Stock

    $ 45,000.00

  • HARRY POTTER Y LA ORDEN DEL FENIX. SLYTHERIN
    J.K. ROWLING
    "El director cree que no es conveniente que eso continúe ocurriendo. Quiere que te enseñe a cerrar tu mente al Señor Tenebroso."Son malos tiempos para Hogwarts. Tras el ataque de los dementores a su primo Dudley, Harry Potter comprende que Voldemort no se detendrá ante nada para encontrarlo. Muchos niegan que el Señor Tenebroso haya regresado, pero Harry no está solo: una...
    En stock

    $ 142,000.00$ 99,400.00

  • PERRITA COUNTRY
    SARA MESA / (IL) PABLO AMARGO
    Algunas historias difuminan o emborronan su origen. A partir de ahí la vida se contempla y se completa con pequeños y grandes detalles que batallan en el día a día. Una joven profesora reinicia su vida en una nueva casa, lejos de otra época, probablemente acompañantes de otro hogar. Pero no está sola. Esa contemplación es compartida por el trasiego y la quietud, las mir...
    En Stock

    $ 135,000.00

  • ONE FUN DAY WITH LEWIS CARROLL
    KATHLEEN KRULL / JÚLIA SARDÀ
    The wordsmith Lewis Carroll is famed for the freewheeling world of Wonderland in his beloved classics Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. In this gloriously illustrated picture book, Carroll's childlike love of life is showcased alongside his brilliance at creating and adapting playful words and phrases. From brillig and uglification to frumious and...
    En Stock

    $ 92,000.00

  • TRAZADO
    ANDREW DEGRAFF
    Este revolucionario libro de mapas literarios, inspirados por obras clásicas de la literatura, ofrece una nueva manera de revisitar las cartografías de nuestras novelas favoritas. Caminar con Hamlet por Elsinor, navegar con Ulises por el Mediterráneo tras haber arrasado Troya, pasear de la mano de Borges por la Biblioteca de Babel, visitar la isla con náufrago de Robinson C...
    En stock

    $ 132,000.00

  • LOS HUESOS CANTORES
    SHAUN TAN
    Una colección de 75 esculturas inspiradas en los cuentos de hadas de los hermanos Grimm, fotografiada por el propio Shaun Tan y acompañadas de un pequeño fragmento del cuento. Cuentos atemporales de príncipes, campesinos, hermanastras y brujas sin nombre, que oscilan entre lo real y lo irreal, lo literal y lo imposible, lo convincente y lo absurdo; cuentos tan oscuros y per...
    En Stock

    $ 174,000.00

Otros libros del autor

  • THE CURIOUS SOFA
    EDWARD GOREY
    Gorey's naughty, hilarious travesty of lust, now reissued in a special gift edition. "A master of the genre of graphic storytelling and a brilliant draftsman" (New York Times Book Review). ...
    En Stock

    $ 52,000.00

  • THE DOUBTFUL GUEST
    EDWARD GOREY
    Told in a set of fourteen rhyming couplets, The Doubtful Guest is the story of a solemn, mysterious, outdoor creature, dressed rather ordinarily in sneakers and a scarf, who appears on a winter night at a family's Victorian home and never leaves again. Gorey's eerie and charming illustrations accompany the verses, making this an enjoyably strange (and strangely enjoyable) read ...
    En Stock

    $ 72,000.00

  • THE EPIPLECTIC BICYCLE
    EDWARD GOREY
    A charming burlesque concerning an intrepid voyage of epic proportions by the “incredibly sophisticated . . . stylish and inventive” Edward Gorey (New York Observer). Now available in a special gift edition. ...
    En Stock

    $ 52,000.00

  • THE UNSTRUNG HARP
    EDWARD GOREY
    On November 18th of alternate years Mr Earbrass begins writing 'his new novel.' Weeks ago he chose its title at random from a list of them he keeps in a little green note-book. It being tea-time of the 17th, he is alarmed not to have thought of a plot to which The Unstrung Harp might apply, but his mind will keep reverting to the last biscuit on the plate." So begins what the T...
    En Stock

    $ 77,000.00

  • AMPHIGOREY AGAIN
    EDWARD GOREY
    This collection displays in glorious abundance the offbeat characters and droll humor of Edward Gorey. Figbash is acrobatic, topiaries are tragic, hippopotami are admonitory, and galoshes are remorseful in this celebration of a unique talent that never fails to delight, amuse, and confound.Amphigorey Again contains previously uncollected work and two unpublished stories—"The I...
    En Stock

    $ 128,000.00

  • AMPHIGOREY ALSO
    EDWARD GOREY
    Drawings (including thirty-two pages in color), captions, and verse showcasing Gorey's unique talents and humor. "The Glorious Nosebleed," "The Utter Zoo," "The Epiplectic Bicycle," and fourteen other selections. ...
    En Stock

    $ 115,000.00