This book, the final and most mature work of the great Austrian novelist, revolves around the father and son team of English industrialists, Robert and Donald Clayton. The Claytons open a branch office of their business in Vienna, the center of that incredibly varied and complex universe that was the Austro-Hungarian Empire before World War I. Their ensuing social and personal entanglements furnish the materials of a superbly civilized family chronicle (quite the opposite from Sun & Moon's recent yon Doderer novel, The ...
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This book, the final and most mature work of the great Austrian novelist, revolves around the father and son team of English industrialists, Robert and Donald Clayton. The Claytons open a branch office of their business in Vienna, the center of that incredibly varied and complex universe that was the Austro-Hungarian Empire before World War I. Their ensuing social and personal entanglements furnish the materials of a superbly civilized family chronicle (quite the opposite from Sun & Moon's recent yon Doderer novel, The Merowingians), whose central symbol is a gigantic, thundering mass of water -- a force that may be life-giving or terribly destructive. Beneath a staunchly bourgeois surface, yon Doderer's story telling is heavily tinged with ironic social commentary and suffused with acute, post-Freudian psychology.
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Add this copy of The Waterfalls of Slunj (Eridano's Library, 6) to cart. $20.00, good condition, Sold by Open Books Ltd rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Eridanos Press.
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Good. Spine creased, but binding still sound. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books.
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Fine copy. Translated from the German by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. 8 5/8"x 5 1/2" white card covers w/ color-illus, flapped dust jacket, unclipped, glued to spine; 406 pgs w/ small author-photo frontispiece; translation originally from 1966; Eridanos Library Vol #6. book design by Armando Milani w/ painting, "Woman with Featherhat" by Gustav Klimt, on front cover.
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Very Good. Size: 5x1x8; Very good paperback, in French wraps, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy. Light shelfwear; small previous sale sticker "ghost" to front. Interior is free of previous owner markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Good. 1966, maroon cloth, stated first edition. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges. Very clean, very nice example. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
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Add this copy of The Waterfalls of Slunj (Eridano's Library, Vol 6) to cart. $96.56, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Rizzoli Intl Pubns.
