Don Meredith

Varieties of Darkness

The World of The English Patient

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Produktbeschreibung

Part travelogue, part literary study, Varieties of Darkness is Don Meredith's account of his exploration of Michael Ondaatje's fascinating literary masterpiece The English Patient. Meredith mines the places, the real-life counterparts of the characters, and the curious creative mind of Ondaatje to offer fresh insights into the novel .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 551g
• ISBN-13: 9780761857228
• ISBN-10: 0761857222
• Artikelnr.: 34563769

Autorenporträt

By Don Meredith

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Pare I: The Last Medieval War 1.
The Painter and the Thief 2. Michelangelo's Bridge 3. Via Vecchia Fiesolana
4. Horsemen in Bronze 5. White Lion 6. Fuorusciti 7. The Villa 8. Queen of
Sheba 9. Trompe L'oeil Part II: Sinners in a Holy City 10. Geography
Manifest 11. Garden of Sensual Delights 12. Doppelgangers 13. Semiramis 14.
Masr al-Qadima 15. What Country? Part III: Looking for Zerzura 16. Vascular
Sizood 17. The Angle of Repose 18. Oases 19. Major Hamid 20. 24th Parallel
21. Journey to Siwa 22. Lions and Hyenas 23. Tent With Calabash 24.
Brandenburg Brigade 25. Drei Burgen 26. Wadi Sura 27. al-Aqaba 28. Looking
for Zerzura 29. Abu Raml Notes Glossary Bibliography Index