This item has closed with no items sold
View other items offered by CultureShop351

Similar products

Farewell to the Shluchim (1997/1998)
Secondhand
R75.00
A Farewell To Arms - Hemingway, Ernest
Secondhand
R125.00
The beautiful room is Empty by Edmund White
Secondhand
R60.00
Farewell Companions - James Plunkett (Small Paperback)
Secondhand
R59.13
The Farewell Symphony (A Novel) - Edmund White The Farewell Symphony (A Novel) - Edmund White
The Farewell Symphony (A Novel) - Edmund White The Farewell Symphony (A Novel) - Edmund White
Closed

The Farewell Symphony (A Novel) - Edmund White

Secondhand 1 was available
R165.00
Shipping
Free shipping is available from CultureShop for all orders above R750.00, using one of our trusted couriers.
Check my rate
The seller has indicated that they will usually have this item ready to ship within 2 business days. Shipping time depends on your delivery address. The most accurate delivery time will be calculated at checkout, but in general, the following shipping times apply:
 
Standard Delivery
Main centres:  1-3 business days
Regional areas: 3-4 business days
Remote areas: 3-5 business days
Get it now, pay later

Product details

Condition
Secondhand
Location
South Africa
Bob Shop ID
640842928

Following A Boy's Own Story (now a classic of American fiction) and his richly acclaimed The Beautiful Room Is Empty, here is the eagerly awaited final volume of Edmund White's groundbreaking autobiographical trilogy.

Named for the work by Haydn in which the instrumentalists leave the stage one after another until only a single violin remains playing, this is the story of a man who has outlived most of his friends. Having reached the six-month anniversary of his lover's death, he embarks on a journey of remembrance that will recount his struggle to become a writer and his discovery of what it means to be a gay man. His witty, conversational narrative transports us from the 1960s to the near present, from starkly erotic scenes in the back rooms of New York clubs to episodes of rarefied hilarity in the salons of Paris to moments of family truth in the American Midwest. Along the way, a breathtaking variety of personal connections--and near misses--slowly builds an awareness of the transformative power of genuine friendship, of love and loss, culminating in an indelible experience with a dying man. And as the flow of memory carries us across time, space and society, one man's magnificently realized story grows to encompass an entire generation.

Sublimely funny yet elegiac, full of unsparingly trenchant social observation yet infused with wisdom and a deeply felt compassion, The Farewell Symphony is a triumph of reflection and expressive elegance. It is also a stunning and wholly original panorama of gay life over the past thirty years--the crowning achievement of one of our finest writers.

ISBN: 9780679434771

Pages: 413

Hardcover with DJ

Secker & Warburg, 1995

Good condition; DJ slightly shelf-worn

B127


Recently viewed

See more
Xiaomi Sound Outdoor 30W Portable Bluetooth Speaker - Black
New
R1,060.00
Shell pearl necklace, baroque, white, rose, silver, 45cm
New
R424.00
50 xJumprings, gold color, 5mm, 1mm thick
New
R6.80
Miniature Ceramic White, Grey & Blue Golf Bag with Individual Clubs (Miniature, suitable for prin...
Secondhand
R65.00