In a steamy colonial city, an eccentric Frenchman offers for sale an extraordinary collection of primitive art. The two anthropologists called in to appraise the pieces for the national museum quickly find themselves in a murky world where the boundaries of authenticity and deception blur in the tropical heat. What begins as an intellectual puzzle threatens to turn into a deadly confrontation. As the game of cat-and-mouse unfolds, the trail leads from the fashionable living rooms of French expatriates to the thatched huts ...
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In a steamy colonial city, an eccentric Frenchman offers for sale an extraordinary collection of primitive art. The two anthropologists called in to appraise the pieces for the national museum quickly find themselves in a murky world where the boundaries of authenticity and deception blur in the tropical heat. What begins as an intellectual puzzle threatens to turn into a deadly confrontation. As the game of cat-and-mouse unfolds, the trail leads from the fashionable living rooms of French expatriates to the thatched huts of the Amazonian rainforest, from a Princeton seminar room to a cluttered warehouse not far from Devil's Island, from a chic Parisian cafe to the cobbled streets of northeastern Brazil. Are the objects in the collection world-class masterpieces of primitive art? Or do they reflect the agile and twisted mind of a brilliant forger? Or might the ultimate enigma be of an entirely different nature? Under the equatorial sun, the anthropologists' obsessive pursuit of Truth gradually undermines their academic certainties about art and culture - and, ultimately, their vision of reality itself. Noted writers on art, culture and the tropical Americas, Richard and Sally Price have crafted a mystery at the intersections of art and anthropology. Drawing readers into their quest for a solution, they build an unusual partnership between text and pictures, daringly expanding the possibilities of academic discourse. "Enigma Variations" - in the tradition of "The Recognitions" and "The Crying of Lot 49" - is an entertainment as readable for its intellectual power as for its irresistible drama.
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Good. Hardcover This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of previous use or shelf wear. May have minor creases or signs of wear on dust jacket. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
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Signed by both authors & inscribed. Very good+ hardback in fair+ dustjacket. Interior clean & bright. Boards have light shelf wear & mild bumping to ends of spine. Dustjacket shows minor shelf wear/edge wear/bumping, 3 creases, & two 1/4" tears. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. Audience: General/trade.
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Very good in good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated by BOTH authors on half-title page. 1st edition, no number line (1st printing). Edgewear and a closed tear to dust jacket. Bumped corners. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 176 p. Audience: General/trade. A novel by the authors of 'Two Evenings in Saramaka' and 'Rainforest Warriors: Human Rights on Trial'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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Used: Very good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Art HistoryVery good copy with dustjacket. May contain creasing, light foxing and tearing to dustjacket.
