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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Thorndike Pr
Publication date
March 8, 2006
Pages
328
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Large print
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780786284153
ISBN-10
0786284153
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.15 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$29.95
Other format details
large print
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Men-Of-War | The Road to Samarcand | 21 The Final Unfinished Voyage Of Jack Aubrey | Blue at the Mizzen | Testimonies | A Book of Voyages | Richard Temple | The Unknown Shore | The Golden Ocean
Men-Of-War | The Road to Samarcand | 21 The Final Unfinished Voyage Of Jack Aubrey | Blue at the Mizzen | Testimonies | A Book of Voyages | Richard Temple | The Unknown Shore | The Golden Ocean
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Set amongst the rolling vineyards and gentle courtyards of a small seaside village in Catalonia, Patrick O'Brian's second novel is a poignant story of tumultuous love, complex faith and one man's desperate bid to reclaim his humanity. Summoned from his medical practice in China by a bevy of anxious aunts, Alain Roig returns to his Catalan hometown to discover he has been nominated by family members with vested interests in the ancestral property to prevent an impending marriage between his cold, ascetic cousin Xavier and Madeleine, a quiet, introspective village girl of unusual beauty. As Alain seeks to understand his cousin's complex motivations for wooing the unhappy girl, he is slowly drawn into Xavier's dark crisis of faith, the well-worn pattern of the sleepy Catalan days and the tight circle of village gossip that surrounds Madeleine. Throughout, Patrick O'Brian's slow, seductive narrative lures the reader into the landscapes, rhythms and passions of Catalonia, while his subtle, insightful characterisation paints a psychological portrait of a unique way of life and two very different men - one generous and impulsive, the other desperate to revive in his soul the dying flames of affection which he senses could be his salvation. With themes and characters that in many ways prefigure his enormously successful Aubrey/Maturin series, THE CATALANS demonstrates all the insight, lyricism and psychological drama that made O'Brian one of the best storytellers of his generation.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (March 8, 2006)
9780786284153 | details & prices | 328 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Set amongst the rolling vineyards and gentle courtyards of a small seaside village in Catalonia, Patrick O'Brian's second novel is a poignant story of tumultuous love, complex faith and one man's desperate bid to reclaim his humanity.
About: Set amongst the rolling vineyards and gentle courtyards of a small seaside village in Catalonia, Patrick O'Brian's second novel is a poignant story of tumultuous love, complex faith and one man's desperate bid to reclaim his humanity.
from W W Norton & Co Inc (October 1, 2005); titled "Catalans"
9780393051100 | details & prices | 224 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $23.95
About: A republished successor to the author's first adult novel, Testimonies, finds Alain Roig returning to his home in France to find his family's property threatened by his dour mayor cousin, Xavier, who would marry a local grocer's daughter.
About: A republished successor to the author's first adult novel, Testimonies, finds Alain Roig returning to his home in France to find his family's property threatened by his dour mayor cousin, Xavier, who would marry a local grocer's daughter.
Paperback
Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (July 1, 2007)
9780393329728 | details & prices | 223 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $18.95
About: A republished successor to the author's first adult novel, Testimonies, finds Alain Roig returning to his home in France to find his family's property threatened by his dour mayor cousin, Xavier, who would marry a local grocer's daughter.
About: A republished successor to the author's first adult novel, Testimonies, finds Alain Roig returning to his home in France to find his family's property threatened by his dour mayor cousin, Xavier, who would marry a local grocer's daughter.
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