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Bloomsbury, 1997. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket (only light shelfwear). NO fading, chips, or tears. Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Bound in the original light blue boards with a black cloth spine stamped in bright gold. From the dust jacket: "Lost in an art -- the art of translation. Thus, in an elegant anagram (translation = lost in an art), Pulitzer Prize-winning author and pioneering cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter hints at what led him to pen a deep personal homage to the witty sixteenth-century French poet Clément Marot. 'Le ton beau de Marot' literally means 'The sweet tone of Marot'-- n but to a French ear it suggests 'Le tombeau de Marot'-- that is, 'The tomb of Marot.' That double entendre foreshadows the linguistic exuberance of this book, which was sparked a decade ago when…
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- Title Ton Beau de Marot
- Author Douglas R. Hofstadter
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st ed., 1st imp
- Pages 800
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Not Avail, London
- Date 1997
- ISBN 9780747533498 / 0747533490
- Dewey Decimal Code 153
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