Faust by Robert Nye
$12.00
Condition Pronounced creasing across the front cover and along the spine, with rubbing and wear to the edges and corners Read full condition
Pronounced creasing across the front cover and along the spine, with rubbing and wear to the edges and corners. The photographed pages are age-toned.
The book pictured is the copy you’ll receive.
Tracked NZ delivery usually takes 2–3 working days. Allow extra for rural addresses and weekend orders.
About this book
Robert Nye reimagines the Faust legend as a bawdy, inventive novel narrated by the magician's servant and disciple Christopher Wagner. The story revisits Faust's dealings with the devil through a mixture of comic storytelling, philosophical speculation and literary play. Rather than a translation of Goethe or Marlowe, this is Nye's own adult retelling of the notorious scholar and his pursuit of forbidden knowledge.
Book details
- Author: Robert Nye
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Publication: 1985 reprint
- Edition / printing: Penguin reprint, 1985; first Penguin edition 1982; originally published 1980
- Language: English
- Pages: 277
- ISBN: 9780140058154
Condition
Used — Fair. Pronounced creasing across the front cover and along the spine, with rubbing and wear to the edges and corners. The photographed pages are age-toned.
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