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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Tusquets Editor
Publication date July 1, 2009
Pages 126
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9788483831649
ISBN-10 8483831643
Dimensions 0.50 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight 0.45 lbs.
Availability§ Apply Direct
Original list price $14.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Bill Plantagenet es un pianista de jazz britanico, alcoholizado, lector ferviente de Melville y apasionado por los grandes barcos. Cuando llega a Nueva York, comprueba que todo en su vida han sido naufragios y perdidas, como la de su grupo de musica y su compañera, Ruth. Su peregrinacion por las tabernas del puerto de la ciudad culmina en un hospital psiquiatrico, en realidad un infierno, un barco varado o, segun como se mire, una carcel, donde compartira su tiempo y su suerte con marineros, borrachos, pobres de solemnidad y personajes desahuciados como el viejo Kalowsky, el joven Garry o el negro Battle. Mientras contempla desde las ventanas del hospital el paso de los buques por el East River, Bill comprende que el doctor Claggart, el psiquiatra que lo atiende, jamas podra curar su alma enferma. Tal vez, cuando le den el alta, sus pasos le lleven al lugar de donde viene: a las tabernas del puerto, al olvido que le procura el whisky, y todo vuelva a comenzar y a repetirse, sin que sepamos donde esta el principio y donde el final. / Bill Plantagenet is a British jazz pianist, alcoholic, ferving reader of Melville and passionate about big boats. When he arrives to New York, finds that everything in his life have been sinking and losses, like his own band and his companion, Ruth. His pilgrimage by the taverns of the city port culminates in a psychiatric hospital, in fact a hell, or a stranded boat, depending on how you look, a prison, where hell share his time and fortune with sailors, drunken, poor and solemnity characters like the old Kalowsky evicted, the young Garry or Battle, the black guy. While watching the boats passing by the East River Bill understands that Dr. Claggart, the psychiatrist who is in care of him, will never heal his sick soul.

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9788483831649 | details & prices | 126 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $14.95
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