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Sam's fall
- Title
- Sam's fall / Richard Kearney.
- Author
- Kearney, Richard
- Publication
- London : Sceptre, 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR6061.E219 S257 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Derrida copy 99125489796706421 folder 14
- Description
- 228 pages : illustrations, map; 21 cm
- Summary
- Set in Ireland during the 60s and 70s, a coming of age story embedded with philosophical ideas. The search for the secret of the lost universal language leads the young Irish monk Sam Toland to monasteries and libraries in southern Germany and Switzerland. On these trips he also meets the girlfriend of his twin brother Jack, the beautiful Swiss photographer Raphaëlle. Because of her, there is a deadly rivalry between the two brothers.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Brothers > Fiction
- Twins > Fiction
- Monks > Fiction
- Sibling rivalry > Fiction
- Irish fiction > 20th century
- Frères > Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Moines > Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Rivalité fraternelle > Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Roman irlandais > 20e siècle
- Sibling rivalry
- Irish fiction
- Brothers
- Monks
- Twins
- Ireland > Fiction
- Irlande > Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Ireland
- Genre/Form
- Domestic fiction.
- Fiction.
- Bildungsroman.
- Inscriptions (Provenance)
- Note
- Inscribed copy. Check-in observation: Inscribed: "For Jacques, with best wishes on your visit to Dublin, with admiration Richard"
- Stored in box B-000444. Forms part of: The Library of Jacques Derrida, House Series. House. Gift Books, Works By and About Derrida, and Related Items.
- ISBN
- 0340632658
- 9780340632659
- 0340660821
- 9780340660829
- LCCN
- 95203266
- OCLC
- 32872731
- ocm32872731
- SCSB-2070236
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library