wyszukanych pozycji: 15
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Curiouser and Curiouser: Essays
ISBN: 9780814254165 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A miscellany of sorts, preeminent author and critic Nicholas Delbanco's Curiouser and Curiouser attests to a lifelong interest in music and the visual arts as well as both "mere" and "sheer" literature. With essays ranging from the restoration of his father-in-law's famed Stradivarius cello-known throughout the world as "The Countess of Stanlein"-to a reimagining of H. A. and Margaret Rey's lives and the creation of their most beloved character, Curious George, Delbanco examines what it means to live and love with the arts.
Whether exploring the history of personal... A miscellany of sorts, preeminent author and critic Nicholas Delbanco's Curiouser and Curiouser attests to a lifelong interest in music and the...
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82,74 zł |
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Old Scores
ISBN: 9780446674508 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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91,20 zł |
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Anywhere Out of the World: Essays on Travel, Writing, Death
ISBN: 9780231133845 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Nicholas Delbanco--who, John Updike says, "wrestles with the abundance of his gifts as a novelist the way other men wrestle with their deficiencies"--ventures forth to discover and illuminate various writers and places. In this follow-up to his acclaimed The Lost Suitcase, Delbanco weaves varied reflections to reveal a singular understanding of the relationships among literature, the past, and the world around us. Describing trips to such diverse destinations as Namibia; Afghanistan; Bellagio, Italy; and the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Delbanco conveys the wonder and the apprehension of...
Nicholas Delbanco--who, John Updike says, "wrestles with the abundance of his gifts as a novelist the way other men wrestle with their deficiencies"--...
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187,43 zł |
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Why Writing Matters
ISBN: 9780300264821 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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69,56 zł |
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Sherbrookes
ISBN: 9781564785879 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 671 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Now finally collected into a single volume, the "Sherbrookes" trilogy-"Possession," "Sherbrookes," and "Stillness"-is Nicholas Delbanco's most celebrated achievement. Centering upon one New England clan and their estate in southwestern Vermont-a full thousand acres, including the bleak and chilly Big House, from which the volatile Sherbrookes have such trouble escaping-these books form a virtuoso portrait of the love, pride, resentment, and even madness we inherit from our families. Written in his characteristically opulent, bravura prose, Delbanco is here revealed as a Henry James for our... Now finally collected into a single volume, the "Sherbrookes" trilogy-"Possession," "Sherbrookes," and "Stillness"-is Nicholas Delbanco's most cele... |
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82,74 zł |
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The Hopwood Awards: 75 Years of Prized Writing
ISBN: 9780472099269 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Permit me to say that I have won Hopwoods and also lost them, and I know the power that winning gives and the way the soul shakes when, all ears, you hear silence instead of your name."
-Arthur Miller The Hopwood Awards claim a gallery of prizewinners who rose to become the Who's Who of writers of the last three generations: Max Apple, John Ciardi, Mary Gaitskill, Robert Hayden, Laura Kasischke, Jane Kenyon, Arthur Miller, Howard Moss, Frank O'Hara, Marge Piercy, Ronald Wallace, and Nancy Willard, among many others. Since they first began in 1931, funded by a bequest from the will... "Permit me to say that I have won Hopwoods and also lost them, and I know the power that winning gives and the way the soul shakes when, all ears, you...
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321,30 zł |
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Dear Wizard: The Letters of Nicholas Delbanco and Jon Manchip White
ISBN: 9780472119523 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 784 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Dear Wizardis a carefully selected, highly crafted gathering of letters from over three decades of correspondence between authors Nicholas Delbanco and Jon Manchip White. This correspondence, in part a contest to outdo one another with exotic and outlandish letterhead, ranges in tone from carefree to grave and covers topics as diverse as the art and practice of writing, the state of the writer s profession, and age, illness, love, and loss. "
Dear Wizardis a carefully selected, highly crafted gathering of letters from over three decades of correspondence between authors Nicholas Delb...
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160,39 zł |
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Count of Concord
ISBN: 9781564784957 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 478 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, was as Nicholas Delbanco writes world famous in his lifetime, yet now he has been almost wholly forgotten. Like Delbanco himself, Sally Ormsby Thompson Robinson the narrator of this novel and the Count s fictional, last-surviving relative is haunted by one of history s most fascinating and remarkable figures. On par with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, Count Rumford was, among many other things, a politician, a spy, a philanthropist, and above all, a scientist. Based on countless historical documents, including letters and essays by Thompson himself,...
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, was as Nicholas Delbanco writes world famous in his lifetime, yet now he has been almost wholly forgotten. Like Delb...
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66,15 zł |
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The Lost Suitcase: Reflections on the Literary Life
ISBN: 9780231115438 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. We work, each one of us, in the deep dark with no notion of what lasts. With this phrase Nicholas Delbanco reveals one of his urgent concerns: Why does a writer write? How much of his work will seem meaningful to others? In The Lost Suitcase Delbanco ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. The title novella, a stunningly crafted story that is the book's centerpiece, takes as its central conceit a famous anecdote about Ernest Hemingway's early work: Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, going by train from their apartment in Paris to visit him in...
We work, each one of us, in the deep dark with no notion of what lasts. With this phrase Nicholas Delbanco reveals one of his urgent concerns: Why doe...
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133,88 zł |
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It Is Enough
ISBN: 9781628972856 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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70,30 zł |
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The Hopwood Lectures
ISBN: 9780472116881 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The prestigious Hopwood Creative Writing Awards were established in 1931 from a bequest of the will of Avery Hopwood, a University of Michigan graduate and one of the most popular and successful dramatists of his time. Hopwood left one-fifth of his estate to his alma mater, an endowment that now awards approximately $135,000 each year in prize money. Annual awards are offered to both undergraduate and graduate students in drama, screenplay, nonfiction, novel, short fiction, and poetry. Among the program's most famous recipients are Robert Hayden, Arthur Miller, Frank O'Hara, and Marge... The prestigious Hopwood Creative Writing Awards were established in 1931 from a bequest of the will of Avery Hopwood, a University of Michigan grad... |
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342,72 zł |
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Running in Place: Scenes from the South of France
ISBN: 9780802138095 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Running in Place is a stunning evocation of Provencal culture and history. An acclaimed novelist and essayist, Nicholas Delbanco provides a vivid portrait of a paradise still pure but not immune to progress. A perfect book for anyone who loves the work of Peter Mayle and Frances Mayes. "As entertaining travel literature, [it] ranks with the richest of the genre."--Diane Manuel, The New York Times Book Review
Running in Place is a stunning evocation of Provencal culture and history. An acclaimed novelist and essayist, Nicholas Delbanco provides a vivid port...
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74,66 zł |
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Speaking of Writing: Selected Hopwood Lectures
ISBN: 9780472064229 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Essays on the art of writing by some of the nation's finest writers
Essays on the art of writing by some of the nation's finest writers
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122,90 zł |
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Lastingness: The Art of Old Age
ISBN: 9780446199650 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. America grows older yet stays focused on its young. Whatever hill we try to climb, we're "over" it by fifty and should that hill involve entertainment or athletics we're finished long before. But if younger is better, it doesn't appear that youngest is best: we want our teachers, doctors, generals, and presidents to have reached a certain age. In context after context and contest after contest, we're more than a little conflicted about elders of the tribe; when is it right to honor them, and when to say "step aside"?
In LASTINGNESS, Nicholas Delbanco, one of America's most celebrated men... America grows older yet stays focused on its young. Whatever hill we try to climb, we're "over" it by fifty and should that hill involve entertainment...
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133,98 zł |
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The Enormous Room
ISBN: 9781681376196 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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70,30 zł |