An Invincible Memory by Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro ISBN 13: 9780060156220

HarperCollins, 1989-01-01. hardcover. Good. 9x6x1.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1989. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins, 1989. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1989. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harpercollins, 1989-03. Hardcover. Good.

Harper & Row, 1980, 1st. VG/VG. Trace of shelfwear. DJ w/ bit of rubbing/edgewear. 000021419

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harpercollins, March 1989. Hardcover. Good.

Harpercollins, March 1989. Hardcover. Good.

HARPER & ROW. Hardcover. GOOD. 0 9780060156220 C1989 GOOD HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET {LIGHT WEAR}

HarperCollins. Used - Very Good. 1989. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf-wear. Very Good. (Subject: ).

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Light wear overall with dinged bottom corners and some faint spotting to page ends. Jacket is unclipped($25.00) with a few scratches and a 1/4 inch closed tear to top of rear flap crease.

New York. 1989. March 1989. Harper & Row. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0060156228. Translated from the Portuguese by The Author. 504 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by William Graef. Jacket Illustration by Greg Ragland. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer. keywords: Literature Translated Brazil Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This vast and panoramic novel set in Brazil is at once a national epic, a family saga, a rich tapestry of life of generation upon generation covering nearly four hundred years from the arrival of the Portuguese to the present. In a strikingly diverse prose style, the novel recounts the lives and actions of a large and memorable cast of characters from all classes and races. Combining history. anecdote, and myth, An Invincible Memory ranges in tone and subject from the formality and pretense of the rich and powerful to the stark realities of the poor. Full and rich in its depiction of everything from battles to love stories to drawing room… Read More

HarperCollins, 1989-03-01. Hardcover. Very Good. US media mail only! Stated first edition with a full number line. The dust jacket is clean with some shelf wear. The first few pages may have a few smudges but it does not affect the text. The pages of this book are clean and unmarked. A good solid copy. FAST SHIPPING & FREE TRACKING!

Harper And Row, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine. Not Ex-Library Copy. Hardcover Edition With Dustjacket.Nice Copy. Text Unmarked.Binding Is Solid.Not Ex-Library Copy.Not A Bookclub Edition.No Remainder Mark.Stated First Edition, First Printing With Complete Number Starting With Number 1.D.J.Not Clipped.

Harper & Row, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First American printing, near fine hardcover shows touch of shelf wear includign light bump at top corner of rear cover, in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows just a touch of shelf wear as well. 504 pages. Still a nice copy of this "..vast and panoramic novel set in Brazil that is at once a national epic, a family saga, a rich tapestry of life of generation upon generation covering nearly four hundred years from the arrival of the Portugese to the present.

New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Author's 2nd novel; 504pp.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York:: Harper & Row,, (1989.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. His second book, translated by the author from the original Portuguese. 'This vast and panoramic novel set in Brazil is once a national epic, a family saga, a rich tapestry of the life of generation upon generation covering nearly four hundred years from the arrival of the Portuguese to the present.' Jorge Amado states 'I don't know of any Brazilian novel published in the last 20 years more beautifully written or more important.' 504 pp. Dust jacket art by Greg Ragland.

New York, NY, U.S.A: HarperCollins Publishers , Inc., 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A family saga spanning nearly 400 years, this absorbing epic novel lays bare the soul of the Brazilian nation. Whaling, war, macumba, slavery, murder, cannibalism and Brazil's struggle for independence add momentum to Ribeiro's lyrical, effusive, sonorous, serpentine prose laced with a touch of magic realism, something of a cross between Melville and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. (The author himself has rendered the fluent translation.) At the center is Amleto Ferreira, a 19th century paterfamilias and conniving bookkeeper who defrauds a baron of his wealth; Amleto's ladylike, long-suffering wife Teolina; and their children, among them a priest, a romantic poet and a soldier. A bestseller in Brazil, the novel graphically portrays the terrible cruelty inflicted by whites on blacks, mulattos and Indians; the lives of these native peoples… Read More