This novella by the British novelist Ronald Firbank begins in a mosque, and follows the young boy, Cherif, home through a fantasy vision of a North African community, with palm-laden streets and colorful bazaars. But the young boy is disinterested in the outer beauty of the world, and instead seeks the spiritual adventure, exemplified by the mysterious Prophet living in the desert. From the busy house of women - mother, aunts, and sisters - Cherif escapes to undergo a long and arduous journey to find the Prophet, The All ...
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This novella by the British novelist Ronald Firbank begins in a mosque, and follows the young boy, Cherif, home through a fantasy vision of a North African community, with palm-laden streets and colorful bazaars. But the young boy is disinterested in the outer beauty of the world, and instead seeks the spiritual adventure, exemplified by the mysterious Prophet living in the desert. From the busy house of women - mother, aunts, and sisters - Cherif escapes to undergo a long and arduous journey to find the Prophet, The All-Knowing One. The fact that Firbank's unusual tale ends in the boy's failure and resignation towards death only reiterates the theme of this Firbankian work: the sensual and the spiritual are in eternal war, and a truce between the two is at best fleeting.
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Add this copy of Santal to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1955 by Bonacio & Saul with Grove Press,.
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8vo, pp. 56. Bound in maroon cloth with blue endpapers. Lacks the dust jacket, a very fine copy. One of an edition of only 500 copies. Benkovitz A88. This was short novel was first issued in London in 1921 in an edition of 300 copies.
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Near fine. No jacket. First edition. Excellent condition. No visible flaws apart from very light wear along cover edges. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. DJ has light sunning on spine and toe is chipped; volume pristine; 8vo. 56 p. Brick cloth covers w/ blue lettering on spine; blue eps; publisher's review copy note laid in; fore-edge uncut
Add this copy of Santal to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1955 by Bonacio & Saul with Grove Press.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First American edition. Slightly cocked binding, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a modestly toned spine, and tiny chips and tears at the extremities. One of 500 copies.
Add this copy of Santal to cart. $45.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1955 by Bonacio & Saul with Grove Press.
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Add this copy of Santal to cart. $65.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1955 by Bonacio & Saul with Grove Press.
A minor and short work by Ronald Firbank, full of exocitism and subdued religious content. If you are a Firbank afficianado you will want to complete your library. Beautifully printed and decorated.
