wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, and Moments of Desire
ISBN: 9781582430638 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this groundbreaking work of ecstatic criticism, Carole Maso shows why she has risen, over the past fifteen years, as one of the brightest stars in the literary firmament. Ever refusing to be marginalized or categorized by genre, Maso is an incisive, compassionate writer who deems herself "daughter" of William Carlos Williams, a pioneer in combining poetry and fiction with criticism, journalism, and the visual arts. She is "daughter", too, of Allen Ginsberg, who also came from Paterson, New Jersey. Known for her audacity, whether exploring language and memory or the development of the...
In this groundbreaking work of ecstatic criticism, Carole Maso shows why she has risen, over the past fifteen years, as one of the brightest stars in ...
|
|
cena:
132,62 zł |
The American Woman in the Chinese Hat
ISBN: 9780452275072 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An intense, incantatory, erotic novel . . . An exquisitely calibrated evocation of longing and lust. Vogue
Abandoned by her lover of ten years and devastated by the painful death of her brother, an American writer named Catherine comes to live and heal her wounds in the lush, crisp, light-dappled French Riviera. But the sensual magic of summertime only underscores Catherine s longing, as she falls deeper and deeper into an irretrievable madness. With passionate abandon and detachment, Catherine pursues her own destruction through brief but irresistible sexual encounters with an... An intense, incantatory, erotic novel . . . An exquisitely calibrated evocation of longing and lust. Vogue
Abandoned by her lover of ten y... |
|
cena:
97,25 zł |
American Woman in the Chinese Hat
ISBN: 9781564780454 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Carole Maso's stunning, erotic fourth novel chronicles the dark, irresistible adventures of an American writer named Catherine who has come to France to live. Set into motion by a single act of abandonment--Catherine's lover of ten years has left her--she falls deeper and deeper into an irretrievable madness. With passionate abandon and detachment Catherine pursues her own destruction. Forcing the boundaries of identity and the limits of her eroticism, she enters a series of blinding sexual encounters with a poet, a fascist, a young Arlesian woman, a fireman, and three thieves. Eerily she... Carole Maso's stunning, erotic fourth novel chronicles the dark, irresistible adventures of an American writer named Catherine who has come to Fran... |
|
cena:
88,19 zł |
Room Lit By Roses
ISBN: 9781582432120 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From one of our most daring writers comes this intimate and seductive book: a working journal of pregnancy that was both a Lambda Literary Awards finalist and a Village Voice pick for Best Books of 2000. Maso chronicles with great tenderness and awe the months of her pregnancy, from its charmed conception through the auspicious arrival of Rose.
From one of our most daring writers comes this intimate and seductive book: a working journal of pregnancy that was both a Lambda Literary Awards fina...
|
|
cena:
70,51 zł |
Mother & Child
ISBN: 9781619021648 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A mediation on life and death, being and non-being, and the intense mystery and beauty of existence, Maso's new novel follows a mother and child as they roam through wondrous and increasingly dangerous psychic and physical terrain A great wind comes, an ancient tree splits in half and a bat, or is it an angel, enters the house where the mother and child sleep, and in an instant a world of relentless change, of spectacular consequences, of submerged memory, and uncanny intimations is set into motion. It is as if a veil has lifted, and what was once hidden is now in plain sight in all its...
A mediation on life and death, being and non-being, and the intense mystery and beauty of existence, Maso's new novel follows a mother and child as th...
|
|
cena:
79,35 zł |
The Art Lover: A Novel
ISBN: 9780811216296 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. While her father and best friend are dying, a young American woman tries to find the limits of love and the power of art in the face of the inevitable.
What is the power of art in the face of death? In "The Art Lover" Carole Maso has created an elegant and moving narrative about a woman experiencing (and reliving) the most painful transitions of her life. Caroline, the novel's protagonist, returns to New York after the death of her father--ostensibly to wrap things up and take care of necessary "business"--where her memory and imagination conspire to lay before her all her griefs and joys... While her father and best friend are dying, a young American woman tries to find the limits of love and the power of art in the face of the inevitable...
|
|
cena:
77,42 zł |