This novella by the British novelist Ronald Firbank begins in a mosque, and follows the young boy, Cherif, home through a fantasy vision of a North African community, with palm-laden streets and colorful bazaars. But the young boy is disinterested in the outer beauty of the world, and instead seeks the spiritual adventure, exemplified by the mysterious Prophet living in the desert. From the busy house of women - mother, aunts, and sisters - Cherif escapes to undergo a long and arduous journey to find the Prophet, The All ...
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This novella by the British novelist Ronald Firbank begins in a mosque, and follows the young boy, Cherif, home through a fantasy vision of a North African community, with palm-laden streets and colorful bazaars. But the young boy is disinterested in the outer beauty of the world, and instead seeks the spiritual adventure, exemplified by the mysterious Prophet living in the desert. From the busy house of women - mother, aunts, and sisters - Cherif escapes to undergo a long and arduous journey to find the Prophet, The All-Knowing One. The fact that Firbank's unusual tale ends in the boy's failure and resignation towards death only reiterates the theme of this Firbankian work: the sensual and the spiritual are in eternal war, and a truce between the two is at best fleeting.
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Near fine. No jacket. First edition. Excellent condition. No visible flaws apart from very light wear along cover edges. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. DJ has light sunning on spine and toe is chipped; volume pristine; 8vo. 56 p. Brick cloth covers w/ blue lettering on spine; blue eps; publisher's review copy note laid in; fore-edge uncut
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8vo, pp. 56. Bound in maroon cloth with blue endpapers. Lacks the dust jacket, a very fine copy. One of an edition of only 500 copies. Benkovitz A88. This was short novel was first issued in London in 1921 in an edition of 300 copies.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American edition. Owner name on front fly, spine mildly cocked, near fine in a near fine lightly age-toned dust jacket with short tears on spine ends and corners. A novel.
A minor and short work by Ronald Firbank, full of exocitism and subdued religious content. If you are a Firbank afficianado you will want to complete your library. Beautifully printed and decorated.
