1988, ISBN: 0688077617

Hardcover, First edition

[EAN: 9780688077617], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York], LITERATURE FICTION NOVEL BRITISH WRITERS BOYD WILLIAM (B. 1952), Jacket, Dust Jacket Cond… More...

[EAN: 9780688077617], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York], LITERATURE FICTION NOVEL BRITISH WRITERS BOYD WILLIAM (B. 1952), Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 476 (1) pp. First Printing, 1988. Inscribed on the Title Page by William Boyd. "The New Confessions (1987) is a novel of the Scottish writer William Boyd. The theme and narrative structure of the novel is modelled on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Les Confessions, the reading of which has a huge impact on the protagonist's life. The book follows the life of John James Todd from his birth in Edinburgh up to his final exile on a Mediterranean island. Todd fights in the First World War and also films it as a cameraman, he then works for a film studio and ends up in Berlin where he starts his filming of The Confessions. After the financial collapse of his backer, he move to Hollywood along with many German exiles. He becomes a war correspondent during the Second World War and then returns to America where he becomes caught up in the anti-communist witch hunts." Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black half-cloth with cream paper-covered boards, and gilt lettering to spine. Size: Large 8vo, Books<

1988, ISBN: 9780688077617

Hardcover

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 'The New Confessions' is the outrageous, extraordinary, hilarious and heartbreaking autobiography of… More...

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 'The New Confessions' is the outrageous, extraordinary, hilarious and heartbreaking autobiography of John James Todd, a Scots- man born in 1899 and one of the great self-appointed (and failed) geniuses of the twentieth century. 'The New Confessions' takes us from Todd's boyhood in Scotland to the trenches of World War I, to his fretful progress as film maker in the Weimar Republic, to deportation and exile in Mexico and the Allied invasion of St.Tropez, and finally to dark Hollywood days, and the obscurity of the blacklist, during the McCarthy era. 'The New Confessions' is told from the questionable vantage point of not-so-serene old age and self-imposed exile in the Mediterranean. Charming and exasperating, shrewd and foolish, vain and disarmingly candid, Todd lets us in on the secrets of his chaotic and beguiling life. 'The New Confessions' is one man's astonishing march through the chaos and adventure of three quarters of our century." From the award winning writer of 'A Good Man in Africa'., William Morrow & Co, 1988, 5<

1988, ISBN: 9780688077617

476 S., 24 cm Halbleinen mit Schutzumschlag In englischer Sprache. In Deutschland erschienen unter dem Titel: "Die neuen Bekenntnisse". Mit einer persönlichen Widmung von Detlef B. Blette… More...

476 S., 24 cm Halbleinen mit Schutzumschlag In englischer Sprache. In Deutschland erschienen unter dem Titel: "Die neuen Bekenntnisse". Mit einer persönlichen Widmung von Detlef B. Blettenberg auf dem Vorsatz. Leichte Lese- und Lagerspuren. Buch gebräunt. Schutzumschlag leicht berieben und bestoßen. Gutes Exemplar (Tengl.) A/Z 34286 Tengl. A/Z ISBN 0688077617 Versand D: 2,80 EUR Beletristik, Englische Ausgabe, Englische und Schottische Literatur, [KW:Englische Literatur], [PU:New York : William Morrow and Company, Inc.,]<