Do Not Adjust Your Set: The Early Days of Television
by Dunn, Kate
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0719554802
- ISBN 13
- 9780719554803
- Seller
-
Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
John Murray, 2003-07-17. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Jacket. 9x5x1. In a world where most programmes are recorded and perfected before they reach our screens, it is hard to imagine an era when every radio and TV programme went out live. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
Synopsis
Memories of My Melancholy Whores is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez. The book was originally published in Spanish in 2004, with an English translation by Edith Grossman published in October 2005.
Reviews
On Apr 10 2014, CloggieDownunder said:
Memories of my Melancholy Whores is the tenth novel by Colombian author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The narrator is a second-rate journalist who decides to treat himself to a virgin on the eve of his ninetieth birthday. As he is a very frequent customer of his local brothels, the madam duly arranges a fourteen-year-old virgin for him. But he finds himself and, in fact, his whole attitude to life changed by the sight of the young, naked, sleeping girl. He is apparently in love for the first time in his life, but whilst he leaves her virginity intact, his descriptions of her do bring to mind the word paedophile. And the discussion he has with one of his previous whores about the relationship with the young virgin is no less disturbing. Into the story at various times come art and music, a bicycle, an angora cat, a housekeeper and a birthday party. Marquez’s lack of punctuation for dialogue requires careful reading to ascertain just who is speaking. While fans of this lauded author may enjoy this compact offering, many other readers may well wonder what the fuss is about.
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- M Godding Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 232901
- Title
- Do Not Adjust Your Set: The Early Days of Television
- Author
- Dunn, Kate
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0719554802
- ISBN 13
- 9780719554803
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2003-07-17
- Size
- 9x5x1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Media and Film;
- X weight
- 15 oz
Terms of Sale
M Godding Books Ltd
Paypal, Credit Cards, Books ship within 24 hours of the order, either first class within the UK, or airmail worldwide. Returns accepted on items that do not, within reason, meet the description.
About the Seller
M Godding Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2006
Devizes, Wiltshire
About M Godding Books Ltd
The business trades in a variety of on-line products. Our business is currently expanding its already large collection of books, and other media. Established in 2005, the business became M Godding Ltd in April 2006. It is a family run business trading from Devizes in Wiltshire, England. It aims for satisfied customers through a friendly and efficient service. Our book shop specialises in rare, older used books including many first editions
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...