A burnt-out case
1961, First Edition. London : Heinemann. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, not price-clipped, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; Description: 256p. 20cm. Subjects: Lepers - Congo (Democratic Republic) - Fiction. Congo (Democratic Republic) - Fiction. Modern fiction. Summary: Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art of pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation. However, as Querry loses himself in work for the lepers his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure. Then the white community finds out who Querry is. Item #367980
Price: €48.00