Angelic Echoes: Herve Guibert and Company (University of Toronto Romance Series) by Ralph Sarkonak - 2000-08-01

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. (CAD) Presumed st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title pages: "To my fellow writer & editor. Amitiès,/ RS", no other markings, Fine in Near Fined ust jacket with tiny chip to foot of spine of the DJ. DJ is in mylar sleeve. Hardcover, 310pp, index, B&W photos. Saronak is a Professor of French at the University of British Columbia. From the jacket: In 1990 Hervé Guibert gained wide recognition and notoriety with the publication of "À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie (To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life)". This novel, one of the most famous AIDS fictions in French or any language, recounts the battle of the first-person narrator not only with AIDS but also with the medical establishment on both sides of the Atlantic. Photography critic for Le Monde from 1977-1985, Guibert was also the co-author (with Patrice Chéreau) of a film script, L'Homme Blessé, which won a… Read More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. First edition. hardcover. good/very good. 8vo. pp.311, previous owners name on FEP