Add this copy of Miss Silver's Past to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Grove Press,.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0394492935. GP-723. Translated from the Czech by Peter Kussi. Foreword by Graham Greene. First American printing. Very good in a very good (stray pen mark on verso) dust jacket.
Add this copy of Miss Silver's Past to cart. $24.50, very good condition, Sold by ZENO'S rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Grove Press.
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Very Good jacket. New York. 1974. Grove Press. 1st American Edition. Very Small Moisture Mark On Front Free Endpaper, Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394492935. Foreword by Graham Greene. Translated from the Czech by Peter Kussi. 297 pages. hardcover. GP-723. Cover design by Kenneth R. Deardoff. keywords: Europe Czech Literature Translated Eastern Europe World Literature. DESCRIPTION-In this novel, Josef Skvorecky tells a spellbinding story of moral corruption and political cynicism in the guise of a love story that turns into a murder mystery. Karel Leden falls in love with Lenka, a beautiful girl with shiny black hair, the minute he sees her on the beach clad in a scanty bikini. But Lenka rebuffs Karel's advances, preferring instead the company of Karel's boss, a balding, middle-aged Communist party official. after a nocturnal boat ride with Lenka his body is washed ashore. The police call it a tragic accident. Who is Lenka? A girl with a mysterious past, a beautiful tramp who teases her lovers? Karel can't make her out, In anguish he begins to drink, in desperation he plays detective. What he discovers is part of the gruesome history of our time. And what had begun as a story of love's labors lost suddenly turns into a political whodunit in which the victim, instead of the murderer, is the criminal. But beyond being a diverting thriller, this novel also offers a remarkable account of life among the privileged few in a Communist society, the first book to give us a glimpse of the underworld of intellectual pimp and literary prostitute that rules the cultural establishment, a truly authentic picture of the corrosion of the spirit that besets the party hacks and party-line writers, of hypocrisy rewarded and idealism betrayed. Skvorecky sets his story against the background of a State run publishing company, and he provides an astonishing tour of the literary machine of a Communist state. inventory #34208.
Add this copy of Miss Silver's Past to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by Jeff Hirsch Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wadsworth, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Grove Press.
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First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 297 pages. A novel by this well regarded Czech-Canadian writer that was translated by Peter Kussi. Features a foreword by Graham Greene. A tight near fine copy in cloth boards with some slight pushing to the spine ends in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear.
Add this copy of Miss Silver's Past to cart. $25.12, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Grove Press : distributed by Random House.
Add this copy of Miss Silver's Past to cart. $58.40, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Grove Press: distributed by R.
Add this copy of Miss Silver's Past to cart. $75.00, like new condition, Sold by Waverley Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Monica, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by GROVE PRESS..
