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Name: Dean Spanley: The Novel
Author: Lord Dunsany

Auteur: Lord Dunsany

Taal: Engels

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Uitgever: HarperCollins Publishers

Auteur: Lord Dunsany Alan Sharp

Engels
Hardcover
9780007290451
03 november 2008
320 pagina's

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The classic humorous novel about an alcohol-loving clergyman who thinks he is the reincarnation of a dog. Complete with the screenplay and photos from the new film starring Peter O'Toole and Sam Neill. Dean Spanley is the very archetype of a bland churchman: affable, conventional, prudent without being a prig. Only his keen interest in the transmigration of souls and almost excessive enthusiasm for dogs betray any shadow of eccentricity. And then, richly primed with a few glasses of Imperial Tokay, he slips over the threshold between past and present and becomes a dog. Or are his canine memories no more than fancy? Surely no mere dean could speak so vividly, with such total conviction, of the joys of hunting, of rolling in fresh dung, of baying the moon? No human could know so much of rabbiting, the importance of buying bones, the contemptibility of pigs. My Talks With Dean Spanley, first published in 1936, is certainly Lord Dunsany's funniest book and, in its unique way, a remarkable tour de force. Now adapted into a new comedy-drama feature film, DEAN SPANLEY follows a father and son as they encounter the eponymous eccentric in this story of reincarnation and reconciliation set in Edwardian England. Adapted by Alan Sharp (Rob Roy) and directed by New Zealand-born Toa Fraser (No.2), a truly impressive international cast is led by eight-time Academy Award nominee Peter O'Toole (Venus, Lawrence of Arabia) and also features Jeremy Northam (The Winslow Boy, Gosford Park), Bryan Brown (Cocktail, Gorillas in the Mist) and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, My Brilliant Career). This special edition includes Lord Dunsany's witty and inventive original novel, as well as Alan Sharp's hilarious screenplay, which faithfully adapts and also expands upon the events in the book. Complete with colour photos and interviews with the principal film-makers, this whimsical, wintry tale about dogs, reincarnation and the effects of alcohol makes perfect Christmas reading for lovers of classic humorous storytelling.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 03 november 2008
Aantal pagina's: 320
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Lord Dunsany
Tweede Auteur: Alan Sharp
Hoofduitgeverij: HarperCollins Publishers

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Editie: Film tie-in edition
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 135 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 204 mm
Verpakking lengte: 204 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 445 g

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EAN: 9780007290451

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Categorieën: Literatuur & Romans

Klassiekers

Literaire romans

Boeken
Taal: Engels
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?: Boek
Periode: ca. 1920-1939
Land: Nieuw-Zeeland

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