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Darcy's Utopia
by Weldon, Fay
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0002233509
- ISBN 13
- 9780002233507
- Seller
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Collins. 1990. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy.Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 235 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
Synopsis
Eleanor Darcy, a woman of marginal genealogy and looks that play better than they should, is married to the economist to whom the Prime Minister listens. Determined to rip apart the old order and start fresh, Eleanor becomes the serpent—or angel—who whispers utopian visions in Julian Darcy's ear. With the husband in jail for imperiling the financial structure of the nation, Eleanor grants exclusive interviews to two journalists, Hugo Vansitart and Valerie Jones. Though they seem more preoccupied with each other than with their elusive subject, their goal is the same: to capture the essence of Eleanor Darcy. Hugo is loking for truth and pragmatism in Eleanor's vision: Valerie is in quest of the woman's struggle. From their diverse portraits, Eleanor Darcy emerges, and so does her remarkable vision—complete with shockingly sensible ideas about child-rearing, abortion, education, integration, fundamentalism, economics—and, of course, a new twist on that old story of the sexes. Fay Weldon has once again skewered the conventions of modern society with wit and wisdom, shining her flashlight on the threadbare morals of modern life.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB235246
- Title
- Darcy's Utopia
- Author
- Weldon, Fay
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002233509
- ISBN 13
- 9780002233507
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia
About Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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