The Iguana.

Kingston, NY McPherson & Company, 1988. Paperback First Edition Thus (1988), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus (1988), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Two pages show MARGINALIA IN INK. Else, Near Fine in Fine DJ: The Book shows just a hint of wear to the extremites; the binding leans ever so slightly, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome close-to-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the very mildest wear - and of course in marks in the text. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'.Would make a handsome reading copy, if one could overlook the marks on two pages. The DJ is flawless; the price is unclipped. Clean, attractive and intact. Like new. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.35 x 5.5 x 0.65 inches). 198 pages. Translated by Henry Martin. Language: English. Weight: 9.8 ounces. Paperback: French Wraps [with DJ]. In this magical novel a Milanese count stumbles upon a desolate community of lost noblemen on an uncharted island off the coast of Portugal. When he discovers, to his utter amazement, that their ill-treated servant is in fact a maiden iguana, and then proceeds to fall in love with her, the story of Aleardo, Estralitta and don Ilario becomes universal -- the fantastic merges with the commonplace until a resonant reality emerges with subtle distillation. From first page to last, the reader is given a tale of tragic love and delusion that ranks among the most affecting in contemporary literature. The Iguana has the force of "The Tempest," and is written with a grace comparable in every way to the works of Izak Dinesen and Djuna Barnes. Little wonder, then, that this novel was called by the noted critic Pietro Citati, "one of the very few books destined to redeem the honor of Italian literature since the Second World War." First published in Italian in 1965, where it was awarded the Fiuggi Prize, this masterpiece is by one of the original Italian "magic realists."