Kindness of Women, The

Kindness of Women, The

Ballard, J.G.

$392.00 MXN

Sinopsis

Published in 1991, this semi-autobiographical novel is a daring masterpiece from "one of the most important and intelligent voices in contemporary fiction" (Susan Sontag). "Rueful the way Primo Levi's work was" (New York Times Book Review), the novel follows fifteen-year-old Jim Graham as he leaves the ruins of postwar Shanghai, only to find that he cannot escape his own obsession with death.

Editorial:
Liveright
ISBN:
978-1-63149-334-8
Páginas:
464
Encuadernación:
Pasta blanda
Idioma:
Inglés

Disponibilidad en Centros

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