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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 176
Utgivningsdatum: 2000-04-01
Förlag: Turtle Point Press
Illustrationer: 1, black & white illustrations
Dimensioner: 185 x 134 x 12 mm
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Antal komponenter: 1
Komponenter: 34:B&W 5.25 x 8 in or 203 x 133mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN: 9781885983329

A Distant Prospect

Name: A Distant Prospect
Price: 179.00 SEK
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Author: Lord Berners
ISBN: 9781885983329

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Häftad, Engelska, 2000-04-01

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The sequel to Lord Berners' First Childhood, A Distant Prospect is a poignant and witty account of Eton, early adolescence and a boy's awakening to the spell of Wagner, ballet and musical composition. Not only witty and amusing, but contains things to ponder over in plenty behind the mere youthful years. The portraits of his friends are complete portraits, sketched brilliantly in a few strokes.' - Tatler'

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In First Childhood Lord Berners demonstrates the neat precision of wit and style which typifies his musical compositions. This is a subtle work of art and a masterpiece of understatement. Autobiography of the very finest quality. Having enjoyed in...

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Lord Berners (1883-1950) was a composer, novelist, painter, memoirist, conspicuous aesthete and the real life character on whom Nancy Mitford based Lord Merlin in The Pursuit of Love. This versatile peer has been called the English Satie. His ballets have been choreographed by Balanchine and Ashton.