Deadly sins / Thomas Pynchon ... [et al.] ; illustrations by Etienne Delessert.
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Deadly sins / Thomas Pynchon ... [et al.] ; illustrations by Etienne Delessert.
Deadly sins / Thomas Pynchon ... [et al.] ; illustrations by Etienne Delessert.
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Publisher
New York : W. Morrow, c1993.
Call Numbers
T0378170
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
125 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents
Sloth / Thomas Pynchon -- Anger / Mary Gordon -- Lust / John Updike -- Gluttony / William Trevor -- Pride / Gore Vidal -- Avarice / Richard Howard -- Envy / A. S. Byatt -- Despair / Joyce Carol Oates.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : W. Morrow, c1993.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1993.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
When Joyce Carol Oates chose to explore the only unforgivable sin, Despair, the editors of The New York Times Book Review (where these pieces first appeared) agreed. That was one better than Saint Thomas Aquinas, who first articulated the deadly seven. But why not? Today we have a greater opportunity to sin and a wider knowledge of it, made so deli...
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Deadly sins / Thomas Pynchon ... [et al.] ; illustrations by Etienne Delessert.
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Notes
General note
"These essays originally appeared in The New York Times book review"--T.p. verso.
Transferred from N241.3/2.
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Date Copyright
c1993.
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T0378170
Record Identifier
74VKO52PQlgM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKO52PQlgM
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ISBN
0688136907 (acid-free paper)
9780688136901 (acid-free paper) :
0688136907 (acid-free paper) :
9780688136901 (acid-free paper)
DDC
241.3
2413
MMS ID
991022669349702626
