LONGING
by Landis, J D
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151004536
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004539
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
The Romantic era was the cradle for artists who lived life to the fullest and loved without restraint, and Robert Schumann and his wife, Clara, were the epitome of this unbounded period. Robert shocked and confused listeners with music that heralded the beginning of the modern era while he drove both his mind and his body to their limit. Clara was the most acclaimed female pianist of her time-a time that included Liszt, Chopin, Mendelssohn, and later, Brahms, whom Clara and Robert loved more than any other man. With characters of surpassing vitality, Longing delineates the most intimate details of the relationships between men and women with a surpassing precision, sympathy, and wisdom. Combining the dramatic historical narrative of The Alienist with the passionate sensitivity of Possession and the sensual intellectuality of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, it is a consummate achievement of the novelist's art.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10134
- Title
- LONGING
- Author
- Landis, J D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0151004536
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004539
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- GERMANY FICTION SCHUMANN FAMILY HISTORICAL Germany
- Product_type
- 2
Terms of Sale
Joe Staats, Bookseller
About the Seller
Joe Staats, Bookseller
About Joe Staats, Bookseller
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