Author: GREENE, GRAHAM (1904-1991)
Title: A burnt-out case
Description: London : Heinemann 1961. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. 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.Weight in Kg appr.:

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