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New York. 1980. Taplinger. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket With Some Wear and Tears At The Top Of The Spine. 0800880323. Translated from the Japanese by Richard A. Schuchert. 175 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Ivy Strick. keywords: Literature Translated Japan Asia . FROM THE PUBLISHER - This work by the author of Silence and When I Whistle will confirm Shusaku Endo's stature as today's leading Japanese novelist, for Volcano is at once a powerful novel of ideas and a dramatic, suspenseful narrative. The action takes place over a few months in the lives of two men - Jinpei Suda, a volcanologist, and Durand, an unfrocked French Catholic priest. Both men have become obsessed by Akadake, a quiescent volcano that is either in its death throes or taking on renewed life. For both men, the question of whether the volcano is still active or not becomes their overriding concern, the question that justifies their own lives. Suda, retired and ignored by his family, has spent fifteen years studying the volcano and is convinced that it is dying. His expert opinion is vital to an important business tycoon who plans to build a lavish resort hotel on the volcano's higher slopes. Durand, ill and bitter, is equally certain that the volcano will erupt, pouring streams of lava down on the religious retreat being built by Father Sato, a complacent Japanese priest arid Durand's self-satisfied successor. Overshadowing all their lives is the volcano. To Durand, it is ...
Taplinger Publishing Co 1980 1st ed hardcover New York. 1980. Taplinger. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket With Some Wear and Tears At The Top Of The Spine. 0800880323. Translated from the Japanese by Richard A. Schuchert. 175 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Ivy Strick. keywords: Literature Translated Japan Asia. FROM THE PUBLISHER-This work by the author of Silence and When I Whistle will confirm Shusaku Endo's stature as today's leading Japanese novelist, for Volcano is at once a powerful novel of ideas and a dramatic, suspenseful narrative. The action takes place over a few months in the lives of two men-Jinpei Suda, a volcanologist, and Durand, an unfrocked French Catholic priest. Both men have become obsessed by Akadake, a quiescent volcano that is either in its death throes or taking on renewed life. For both men, the question of whether the volcano is still active or not becomes their overriding concern, the question that justifies their own lives. Suda, retired and ignored by his family, has spent fifteen years studying the volcano and is convinced that it is dying. His expert opinion is vital to an important business tycoon who plans to build a lavish resort hotel on the volcano's higher slopes. Durand, ill and bitter, is equally certain that the volcano will erupt, pouring streams of lava down on the religious retreat being built by Father Sato, a complacent Japanese priest arid Durand's self-satisfied successor. Overshadowing all their lives is the ...
ISBN10: 0800880323, ISBN13: 9780800880323, [publisher: Taplinger] Hardcover First Edition New York. 1980. Taplinger. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket With Some Wear and Tears At The Top Of The Spine. 0800880323. Translated from the Japanese by Richard A. Schuchert. 175 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Ivy Strick. keywords: Literature Translated Japan Asia . FROM THE PUBLISHER - This work by the author of Silence and When I Whistle will confirm Shusaku Endo's stature as today's leading Japanese novelist, for Volcano is at once a powerful novel of ideas and a dramatic, suspenseful narrative. The action takes place over a few months in the lives of two men - Jinpei Suda, a volcanologist, and Durand, an unfrocked French Catholic priest. Both men have become obsessed by Akadake, a quiescent volcano that is either in its death throes or taking on renewed life. For both men, the question of whether the volcano is still active or not becomes their overriding concern, the question that justifies their own lives. Suda, retired and ignored by his family, has spent fifteen years studying the volcano and is convinced that it is dying. His expert opinion is vital to an important business tycoon who plans to build a lavish resort hotel on the volcano's higher slopes. Durand, ill and bitter, is equally certain that the volcano will erupt, pouring streams of lava down on the religious retreat being built by Father Sato, a complacent Japanese priest arid ...
NY:: Taplinger Publishing Company,. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. Date: 1980. Hardcover. 0800880323 . A novel. Translated from the Japanese and with an introduction by Richard A. Schuchert. First edition thus. Previous owner's book-plate on front free endpaper, else fine in a fine dust jacket. . 1980. Taplinger Publishing Company, ISBN 0800880323 US
NY:: Taplinger Publishing Company,. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. Date: 1980. Hardcover. 0800880323 . A novel. Translated from the Japanese and with an introduction by Richard A. Schuchert. First edition thus. Previous owner's book-plate on front free endpaper, else fine in a fine dust jacket. . 1980. Taplinger Publishing Company, ISBN 0800880323 9780800880323 [US]
NY: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1980 Hardcover Near Fine in Fine dust jacket 0800880323. A novel. Translated from the Japanese and with an introduction by Richard A. Schuchert. First edition thus. Previous owner's book-plate on front free endpaper, else fine in a fine dust jacket.
ISBN10: 0800880323, ISBN13: 9780800880323, [publisher: Taplinger Publishing Company,, NY:] Hardcover First Edition A novel. Translated from the Japanese and with an introduction by Richard A. Schuchert. First edition thus. Previous owner's book-plate on front free endpaper, else fine in a fine dust jacket. [Springfield, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1980]
ISBN10: 0800880323, ISBN13: 9780800880323, [publisher: Taplinger Publishing Company] Hardcover Publisher: Taplinger Publishing, NY, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. FINE- hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. A previous owner's signature on front free pastedown. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves. [Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1980]
Taplinger Publishing Company 1984 Softcover Good Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
ISBN10: 0800880323, ISBN13: 9780800880323, [publisher: Taplinger Publishing Company] Softcover Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85 [Dallas, TX, U.S.A.]
Taplinger Publishing Company, Incorporated, Date: 1980. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1980. Taplinger Publishing Company, Incorporated ISBN 0800880323 9780800880323 [US]
Taplinger Publishing Company, Date: 1980-12-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1980. Taplinger Publishing Company ISBN 0800880323 9780800880323 [US]
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