A particular friendship

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Spisovateľ: Bogarde Dirk
Vydavateľ: Penguin books
Rok vydania: 1989
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Katalogové číslo: L1655

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Cudzojazyčná / Anglická

This epistolary collection finds Bogarde at his most honest and touching, engaging in conversation with a woman he has never met and whose only interest in him comes from the simple fact that he now happens to live in a house that she once owned. These letters provide an insight into the wit and intelligence of a great man without the stifling constraints of other literary forms. It presents us with a platform and a relationship that allows Bogarde to freely reminisce, discuss politics, gossip about those around him and provide razor-sharp cameo portraits of the famous... v angličtine, brožovaná, menší formát, 200 strán

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Spisovatel: Dell Ethel M., LP 1974
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Spisovatel: Lee Tanith, Headline 1994
Katalogové číslo: L4009

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Spisovatel: Caygill Marjorie, BMP 1981
Katalogové číslo: O3806

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