{"product_id":"9781885586865","title":"King Cophetua","description":"Author: Julien Gracq\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781885586865\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Turtle Point Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Jul 2000\u003cbr\u003ePages: 96 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is All Saints' Day, 1917. Our narrator, a former soldier, recalls the events surrounding his arrival at the home of Jacques Nueil, an aviator and avant-garde composer. The Great War is leading up to images of the Russian Revolution, and from Nueil's villa the narrator hears the sounds of bombs dropping in the distance. This carefully paced, mysteriously atmospheric novel is inspired by vivid memory and by two images, Goya's engraving entitled \u003ci\u003eLa Mala Noche\u003c\/i\u003e and Burne-Jones's painting \u003ci\u003eKing Cophetua and the Beggar Girl\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925000175774,"sku":"ING-9781885586865","price":16.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781885586865.jpg?v=1782957206","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781885586865","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}