Trespasses
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A quietly devastating work of literary fiction, Trespasses by Paul Bailey chronicles the life of Oswald Clark, a man whose carefully constructed present is haunted by the secrets and betrayals of his past. With precise, elegant prose, Bailey uncovers the psychological weight of memory and the ways in which unspoken truths can corrode a life from within. The novel presents a deeply intimate portrait of guilt, identity, and the human capacity for self-deception, rendered with the restrained emotional intensity that defines Bailey's finest work. Thoughtful and unsettling in equal measure, it illustrates how the trespasses we commit against others — and against ourselves — leave marks that time alone cannot erase.
Author: Paul Bailey
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A quietly devastating work of literary fiction, Trespasses by Paul Bailey chronicles the life of Oswald Clark, a man whose carefully constructed present is haunted by the secrets and betrayals of his past. With precise, elegant prose, Bailey uncovers the psychological weight of memory and the ways in which unspoken truths can corrode a life from within. The novel presents a deeply intimate portrait of guilt, identity, and the human capacity for self-deception, rendered with the restrained emotional intensity that defines Bailey's finest work. Thoughtful and unsettling in equal measure, it illustrates how the trespasses we commit against others — and against ourselves — leave marks that time alone cannot erase.