Research Catalog

Title

The unusual life of Tristan Smith : a novel / Peter Carey.

Author

Carey, Peter, 1943-

Publication

New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kidd, Chip.
• Voevodin, Craig.

Description

422 p. : map; 24 cm.

Summary

A satire on Australia and its relationship to the U.S. The protagonist is actor Tristan Smith, a dwarf. He is a citizen of Effica, a small country whose theater is overshadowed by Voorstand, a big country with a culture that dominates the world. The novel follows him to Voorstand where his father became a famous actor by selling his soul. Tristan, too, achieves fame, but his career is cut short when the Voorstand authorities declare him a subversive.

Genre/Form

• Picaresque literature.
• Dust jackets (Binding)

Note

• "This is a Borzoi Book"--Verso of t.p.
• Jacket designed by Chip Kidd.
• Photograph of the author on rear flap of jacket by Craig Voevodin.

Binding (note)

• Bound in black quarter cloth over boards with black paper covers; printed dust jacket.

Call Number

Berg Coll Carey, P U68 1995

ISBN

• 0679438882
• 9780679438885

LCCN

94078479

OCLC

32008472

Author

Carey, Peter, 1943-

Title

The unusual life of Tristan Smith : a novel / Peter Carey.

Imprint

New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1995.

Edition

1st American ed.

Binding

Bound in black quarter cloth over boards with black paper covers; printed dust jacket.

Local Note

Berg Coll. copy: Gift of Joshua Steiner, June 2004.

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Publisher description

Added Author

Kidd, Chip. Bookjacket designer

Voevodin, Craig. Photographer

Steiner, Joshua. Donor NN-BGC

Research Call Number

Berg Coll Carey, P U68 1995