Add this copy of Words in Commotion and Other Stories to cart. $6.74, good condition, Sold by Orion Tech rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Arlington, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Viking.
Add this copy of Words in Commotion & Other Stories to cart. $8.00, very good condition, Sold by ZENO'S rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Viking Press.
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Poor jacket. New York. 1986. October 1986. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Worn Dustjacket. Remainder Mark. 0670805181. Translated from the Italian by Kathrine Jason. 275 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Ralph Masiello. keywords: Europe Italy Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION-Little known in this country when he died in 1979, Landolfi is scarcely better recognized today, a situation this collection of 24 stories, with an introduction by Italo Calvino, is intended to remedy. Landolfi did not aspire to amuse or entertain in the usual sense; he preferred to confound and mystify. Even in his relatively conventional stories he scarcely bothered to inquire into motive or seek resolution. In ‘Uxoricide, ' for example, a wife-murderer sets out to kill the shrew for reasons that do not seem quite sufficient, so that the act itself appears brutal and sadistic. In ‘A Woman's Breast, ' a man lusts after that part of a stranger until he attains it, is thereupon sickened by the sight and discovers odd morbidities within himself. Landolfi's overriding interests in language and its literary possibilities, metaphysics, literary criticism necessarily limit his audience. He saw the writer as one who spits words (see the title story), and he set himself against the critics who accused him of being ‘utterly indecipherable and mysterious. ' That is, however, a challenge hurled at the reader. -PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. inventory #26008.
Add this copy of Words in Commotion and Other Stories to cart. $8.99, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Ruby rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Viking.
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Add this copy of Words in Commotion and Other Stories to cart. $9.75, very good condition, Sold by Gian Luigi Fine Books, Inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Albany, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by THE VIKING PRESS.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket Illustrated red/green dustjacket. Slight shelfwear to jacket and board edges. Two tiny nicks in jacket edge.
Add this copy of Words in Commotion and Other Stories to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by May Day Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Los Altos Hills, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Viking Penguin.
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Add this copy of Words in Commotion to cart. $20.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Viking.
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Very Good Condition in Clear Plastic jacket. Ex-library (church) copy with normal markings and attachments. Text is clean, pages are white and crisp. Binding is tight and solid. Copy looks and feels brand new. Presumed 1st edition based on research. Clear plastic really did its' job in protecting dj and boards. Quantity Available: 1. ISBN: 0670805181. ISBN/EAN: 9780670805181. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560805595.
Add this copy of Words in Commotion and Other Stories to cart. $50.13, very good condition, Sold by Burwood Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wickham Market, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1986 by Viking.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth over green boards, lettered gilt on spine. ISBN: 0670805181 Pages: 275 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket.
