Two Views by Johnson Uwe (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st of This Edition. An ageing but firm straight clean book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition thus. [vi], 183pp [light rubbing, tears and edge wear to price-clipped dust jacket] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First edition. Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Gray cloth with spine titles in black. Octavo. 183 pages. Endpaper map. Novel of East and West Berlin. Nice clean copy in a very good dust jacket. Fine copy in a very good dust jacket in a mylar protector.

BINDING - Hardcover. Condition: CONDITION - used/fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket - Fair. with some wear. 1st Edition. 183 Pages. Previous Owners Name On Title Page. Missing Front Free End Paper. External Wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Cloth. First printing. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. A tight copy, without any marks. Dust jacket is clean and bright, price-clipped, with some sun-fading to spine. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the first UK edition. The book was first published in English translation in the USA by Harcourt, Brace & World in 1966. ***Near fine in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. No bumps. Corners sharp. Top edge of page block stained pink by the publisher. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean and bright with no foxing. No reading lean. Spine tight. Berlin map illustrated endpapers. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 30s. net. The dustwrapper is just slightly rubbed at the edges. A few light handling marks to the spine and back panel. No chips or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***183 pages. 224mm x 142mm. ***'Of contemporary German writers with an international reputation, Uwe Johnson is among the most important. Reviewing his first novel "Speculations about Jakob" in the Observer, Philip Toynbee called him "one of the most interesting and independent of young modern novelists". His latest work concerns two lovers who suddenly find themselves separated by the Berlin Wall. What started as a perfunctory affair between a West German photographer and an East German nurse becomes highly charged with frustration. Exasperated by his inability to reach her, the young man advises her to escape. Tension builds up as with minute detail the escape machinery is set in motion. More vividly than any political tract or document, this tale of sober and tough realism describes the bonds of restriction that drive people to the limits of their sanity. The story is told alternately by the man and the girl, in two views, two different sets of experience. The shifting perspective reflects the elusive nature of truth, for there is no generally valid perception; each mind is singular, personal, its own mirror.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Uwe Johnson (20 July 1934 - 22 February 1984) was a German writer, editor, and scholar. He was born in Kammin in Pomerania (now Kamie? Pomorski, Poland). (Wiki) ***Uwe Johnson studied German language and literature at the University of Rostock and Leipzig. In 1959, he left East Germany and moved to West Berlin. He was awarded the Fortune Prize of West Berlin for his first novel "Speculations about Jakob", and the International Publishers' Prize for "The Third Book about Achim", which will be published in Britain in 1968. (Biography taken from the back flap of the dustwrapper) ***A near fine first impression of the first UK edition of Uwe Johnson's second published work. Very uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.