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Palace of the Peacock
by Wilson Harris; Kenneth Ramchand (intro)
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0571089305
- ISBN 13
- 9780571089307
- Seller
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. Paperback. First Edition, Third Printing, 1977. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Corners sharp. Light crease to front hinge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 152 pages.
This is a rare early edition of the first novel by Guyanese writer Wilson Harris. It is the first in Harris's "Guyana Quartet" and is a canonical text in Caribbean literary studies. Set in sixteenth century, the novel tells of a group of men from different backgrounds making their way up a dangerous river within the jungles of Guiana. The party is led by a cruel second-generation European colonialist who is hunting for a woman who has run away from him. Over the course of the journey it becomes apparent that it is not the first time the men have tried to make their way up this river and that last time they attempted to traverse the river they were all drowned. The events are narrated in the first person by an entity identified simply as the "Dreamer."
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- Bookseller
- Books of the World
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000000649
- Title
- Palace of the Peacock
- Author
- Wilson Harris; Kenneth Ramchand (intro)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Third Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0571089305
- ISBN 13
- 9780571089307
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 152
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- fiction, literature, contemporary, adventure, historiography, metafiction, metaphysical, magical realism, poetic lyricism, visionary, travel, river, jungle, West Indian, Caribbean, Guyana, Guiana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration, Expeditions, and Discoveries; Fiction; Caribbean; Guyana;
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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