Items related to Strange Loop
Synopsis
Ludwig, a confirmed rationalist and distinguished professor of philosophy, returns as a guest to the convent where, as a young man after the war, he had become attracted to a mysterious figure in a convent turret and had been led to obsession and disaster
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review
Ludwig, an ageing and respected Austrian philosopher of scientific methodology, returns to the English convent where he worked as librarian briefly one summer soon after qualifying as a doctor. He's not sure why he's gone back. Or rather, he won't allow himself to question why he's gone back. After all: the "answers could concern no one but myself ... for there surely could be no one else left to remember that summer sequence of atrocities. No one, unless, that is..."
Young, arrogant and thoroughly prejudiced against the nuns and the chaplain (whom he nicknamed by their most distinguishing feature--Frogface, Whiskers, Jitters) Ludwig became convinced they were hiding something. Who was living in the other turret? Were they held there against their will? If so, why? And who was borrowing the philosophical texts from the convent library and annotating them so expertly and in such an un-nunlike manner
Amanda Prantera--author of eight other novels--has, in Ludwig, created an ideal narrator for this suspenseful gothic-fiction-cum-detective-story. His precise logician's lingo acts like a brake on the page-turning plot line to produce a gorgeously unbearable tension. The convent setting is appropriately claustrophobic; its inhabitants nervy, odd or both and the novel's denouement is surprisingly horrific yet entirely believable. Strange Loop is a clever, hair-raising and thought-provoking read. Lisa Gee
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherE P Dutton
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0525243054
- ISBN 13 9780525243052
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages175
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
£ 66.07
Shipping:
£ 25
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
Strange Loop
Published by
E P Dutton, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1985
ISBN 10: 0525243054
ISBN 13: 9780525243052
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: SkylarkerBooks, CARSON CITY, NV, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. A Nice Reading Copy - First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Very Good + Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Small Amount Of Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good + Condition. Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear/Rub. Tiniest Bit Of Wear Along The Edges. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Wrapper. Thanks And Enjoy. Book. Seller Inventory # 008934
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Strange Loop
Published by
Dutton, New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 0525243054
ISBN 13: 9780525243052
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in a Very good plus dustwrapper. Small water stain on the top edge of book, minor shelf-rubbing, very clean pages. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. Seller Inventory # 245770
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
STRANGE LOOP
Published by
Dutton, NY, 1984
ISBN 10: 0525243054
ISBN 13: 9780525243052
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: SCENE OF THE CRIME ®, SHERMAN OAKS, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. NY. Dutton. HARDCOVER. 1984. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing. AS NEW, bound in gray with white titles in gray pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Jacket painting by Meredith Nemerov, typography by Nancy Etheredge. Suspense in a Convent. Seller Inventory # 003245
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Strange Loop by Amanda Prantera (First Edition)
Published by
E. P. Dutton, Inc., New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 0525243054
ISBN 13: 9780525243052
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Strange Loop by Amanda Prantera (First Edition) A tight bright copy. A sharp bright jacket. Stated First Edition. 10-1 number line. BOOK. Seller Inventory # HCX11378-1
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Strange Loop: 2
Seller: dsmbooks, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: New. New. book. Seller Inventory # D7S9-1-M-0525243054-6
Quantity: 1 available