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The brotherhood of book hunters
- Title
- The brotherhood of book hunters / Raphaël Jérusalmy.
- Author
- Jérusalmy, Raphaël, 1954-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2014.
- ©2013
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 14-5623 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Curtis, Howard, 1949-
- Description
- 268 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "François Villon, wayward poet and notorious outlaw, disappeared from view in 1436, aged 32. Nothing is known of what happened to him after he was banished from France. Jerusalmy's novel starts where the history books cut out, finding Villon as he languishes in jail. To escape execution, he enters into a questionable relationship with a bishop in the pay of Louis XI. All Villon has to do to earn his freedom is to convince a printer and bookseller to move from Mayence to Paris, telling him that by doing so he'll be better able to circulate progressive ideas that aren't approved of in Rome. But, not surprisingly, Villon's task is not as simple as it sounds. Part spy novel, part bibliographic treaty, with a good measure of subversion and poetry thrown in, and the odd hoax, The Brotherhood of Book Hunters blends history and legend in a rich, complex tale of plots and counterplots."--Publisher's description.
- Uniform Title
- Confrérie des chasseurs de livres. English
- Alternative Title
- Confrérie des chasseurs de livres.
- Subject
- Note
- Translation of: La confrérie des chasseurs de livres.
- Translated from the French by Howard Curtis.
- Call Number
- JFD 14-5623
- ISBN
- 9781609452308 (paperback)
- 1609452305 (paperback)
- OCLC
- 871671163
- Author
- Jérusalmy, Raphaël, 1954- author.
- Title
- The brotherhood of book hunters / Raphaël Jérusalmy.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2014.
- Copyright Date
- ©2013
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Curtis, Howard, 1949- translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 14-5623