Enigma variations:
In a steamy colonial city, an eccentric Frenchman offers for sale an extraordinary collection of primitive art. The two anthropologists called in to appraise the pieces for the national museum quickly find themselves in a murky world where the boundaries of authenticity and deception blur in the tro...
Gespeichert in:
| Hauptverfasser: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
Harvard Univ. Press
1995
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Zusammenfassung: | In a steamy colonial city, an eccentric Frenchman offers for sale an extraordinary collection of primitive art. The two anthropologists called in to appraise the pieces for the national museum quickly find themselves in a murky world where the boundaries of authenticity and deception blur in the tropical heat. What begins as an intellectual puzzle threatens to turn into a deadly confrontation As the game of cat-and-mouse unfolds, the trail leads from the fashionable living rooms of French expatriates to the thatched huts of the Amazonian rainforest, from a Princeton seminar room to a cluttered warehouse not far from Devil's Island, from a chic Parisian cafe to the cobbled streets of northeastern Brazil. Are the objects in the collection worldclass masterpieces of primitive art? Or do they reflect the agile hand and twisted mind of a brilliant forger? Or might the ultimate enigma be of an entirely different nature? Under the equatorial sun, the anthropologists' obsessive pursuit of Truth gradually undermines their academic certainties about art and culture - and, ultimately, their vision of reality itself |
| Beschreibung: | 164 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 067425726X |
Internformat
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV010654262 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20121123 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 960313s1995 xxua||| |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 067425726X |9 0-674-25726-X | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)31899927 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV010654262 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rakwb | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 044 | |a xxu |c XD-US | ||
| 049 | |a DE-12 |a DE-384 |a DE-521 |a DE-188 | ||
| 050 | 0 | |a PS3566.R543E55 1995 | |
| 082 | 0 | |a 813/.54 |2 20 | |
| 082 | 0 | |a 813/.54 20 | |
| 084 | |a HU 9800 |0 (DE-625)54407: |2 rvk | ||
| 084 | |a LC 10000 |0 (DE-625)90619:772 |2 rvk | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Price, Richard |d 1941- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)12969455X |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Enigma variations |c Richard Price and Sally Price |
| 264 | 1 | |a Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] |b Harvard Univ. Press |c 1995 | |
| 300 | |a 164 S. |b Ill. | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | 3 | |a In a steamy colonial city, an eccentric Frenchman offers for sale an extraordinary collection of primitive art. The two anthropologists called in to appraise the pieces for the national museum quickly find themselves in a murky world where the boundaries of authenticity and deception blur in the tropical heat. What begins as an intellectual puzzle threatens to turn into a deadly confrontation | |
| 520 | |a As the game of cat-and-mouse unfolds, the trail leads from the fashionable living rooms of French expatriates to the thatched huts of the Amazonian rainforest, from a Princeton seminar room to a cluttered warehouse not far from Devil's Island, from a chic Parisian cafe to the cobbled streets of northeastern Brazil. Are the objects in the collection worldclass masterpieces of primitive art? Or do they reflect the agile hand and twisted mind of a brilliant forger? Or might the ultimate enigma be of an entirely different nature? Under the equatorial sun, the anthropologists' obsessive pursuit of Truth gradually undermines their academic certainties about art and culture - and, ultimately, their vision of reality itself | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a English fiction | |
| 650 | 4 | |a United States | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Funde | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Blacks -- South America -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Anthropological museums and collections -- South America -- Fiction | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Anthropologists -- Fiction | |
| 651 | 4 | |a USA | |
| 651 | 4 | |a South America -- Fiction | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Mystery fiction |2 gsafd | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Price, Sally |d 1943- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)112908578 |4 aut | |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-007111107 | ||
Datensatz im Suchindex
| _version_ | 1804125132558434304 |
|---|---|
| any_adam_object | |
| author | Price, Richard 1941- Price, Sally 1943- |
| author_GND | (DE-588)12969455X (DE-588)112908578 |
| author_facet | Price, Richard 1941- Price, Sally 1943- |
| author_role | aut aut |
| author_sort | Price, Richard 1941- |
| author_variant | r p rp s p sp |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV010654262 |
| callnumber-first | P - Language and Literature |
| callnumber-label | PS3566 |
| callnumber-raw | PS3566.R543E55 1995 |
| callnumber-search | PS3566.R543E55 1995 |
| callnumber-sort | PS 43566 R543 E55 41995 |
| callnumber-subject | PS - American Literature |
| classification_rvk | HU 9800 LC 10000 |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)31899927 (DE-599)BVBBV010654262 |
| dewey-full | 813/.54 813/.5420 |
| dewey-hundreds | 800 - Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric |
| dewey-ones | 813 - American fiction in English |
| dewey-raw | 813/.54 813/.54 20 |
| dewey-search | 813/.54 813/.54 20 |
| dewey-sort | 3813 254 |
| dewey-tens | 810 - American literature in English |
| discipline | Anglistik / Amerikanistik Sozial-/Kulturanthropologie / Empirische Kulturwissenschaft |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>02602nam a2200469 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV010654262</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20121123 </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">960313s1995 xxua||| |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">067425726X</subfield><subfield code="9">0-674-25726-X</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)31899927</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV010654262</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rakwb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">xxu</subfield><subfield code="c">XD-US</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-384</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-521</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-188</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">PS3566.R543E55 1995</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">813/.54</subfield><subfield code="2">20</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">813/.54 20</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">HU 9800</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-625)54407:</subfield><subfield code="2">rvk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">LC 10000</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-625)90619:772</subfield><subfield code="2">rvk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Price, Richard</subfield><subfield code="d">1941-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)12969455X</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Enigma variations</subfield><subfield code="c">Richard Price and Sally Price</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]</subfield><subfield code="b">Harvard Univ. Press</subfield><subfield code="c">1995</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">164 S.</subfield><subfield code="b">Ill.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="3" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In a steamy colonial city, an eccentric Frenchman offers for sale an extraordinary collection of primitive art. The two anthropologists called in to appraise the pieces for the national museum quickly find themselves in a murky world where the boundaries of authenticity and deception blur in the tropical heat. What begins as an intellectual puzzle threatens to turn into a deadly confrontation</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">As the game of cat-and-mouse unfolds, the trail leads from the fashionable living rooms of French expatriates to the thatched huts of the Amazonian rainforest, from a Princeton seminar room to a cluttered warehouse not far from Devil's Island, from a chic Parisian cafe to the cobbled streets of northeastern Brazil. Are the objects in the collection worldclass masterpieces of primitive art? Or do they reflect the agile hand and twisted mind of a brilliant forger? Or might the ultimate enigma be of an entirely different nature? Under the equatorial sun, the anthropologists' obsessive pursuit of Truth gradually undermines their academic certainties about art and culture - and, ultimately, their vision of reality itself</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">English fiction</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">United States</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Funde</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Blacks -- South America -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Anthropological museums and collections -- South America -- Fiction</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Anthropologists -- Fiction</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">USA</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">South America -- Fiction</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Mystery fiction</subfield><subfield code="2">gsafd</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Price, Sally</subfield><subfield code="d">1943-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)112908578</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-007111107</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| genre | Mystery fiction gsafd |
| genre_facet | Mystery fiction |
| geographic | USA South America -- Fiction |
| geographic_facet | USA South America -- Fiction |
| id | DE-604.BV010654262 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-09T17:56:42Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 067425726X |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-007111107 |
| oclc_num | 31899927 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-12 DE-384 DE-521 DE-188 |
| owner_facet | DE-12 DE-384 DE-521 DE-188 |
| physical | 164 S. Ill. |
| publishDate | 1995 |
| publishDateSearch | 1995 |
| publishDateSort | 1995 |
| publisher | Harvard Univ. Press |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Price, Richard 1941- Verfasser (DE-588)12969455X aut Enigma variations Richard Price and Sally Price Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] Harvard Univ. Press 1995 164 S. Ill. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In a steamy colonial city, an eccentric Frenchman offers for sale an extraordinary collection of primitive art. The two anthropologists called in to appraise the pieces for the national museum quickly find themselves in a murky world where the boundaries of authenticity and deception blur in the tropical heat. What begins as an intellectual puzzle threatens to turn into a deadly confrontation As the game of cat-and-mouse unfolds, the trail leads from the fashionable living rooms of French expatriates to the thatched huts of the Amazonian rainforest, from a Princeton seminar room to a cluttered warehouse not far from Devil's Island, from a chic Parisian cafe to the cobbled streets of northeastern Brazil. Are the objects in the collection worldclass masterpieces of primitive art? Or do they reflect the agile hand and twisted mind of a brilliant forger? Or might the ultimate enigma be of an entirely different nature? Under the equatorial sun, the anthropologists' obsessive pursuit of Truth gradually undermines their academic certainties about art and culture - and, ultimately, their vision of reality itself English fiction United States Funde Blacks -- South America -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction Anthropological museums and collections -- South America -- Fiction Anthropologists -- Fiction USA South America -- Fiction Mystery fiction gsafd Price, Sally 1943- Verfasser (DE-588)112908578 aut |
| spellingShingle | Price, Richard 1941- Price, Sally 1943- Enigma variations English fiction United States Funde Blacks -- South America -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction Anthropological museums and collections -- South America -- Fiction Anthropologists -- Fiction |
| title | Enigma variations |
| title_auth | Enigma variations |
| title_exact_search | Enigma variations |
| title_full | Enigma variations Richard Price and Sally Price |
| title_fullStr | Enigma variations Richard Price and Sally Price |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enigma variations Richard Price and Sally Price |
| title_short | Enigma variations |
| title_sort | enigma variations |
| topic | English fiction United States Funde Blacks -- South America -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction Anthropological museums and collections -- South America -- Fiction Anthropologists -- Fiction |
| topic_facet | English fiction United States Funde Blacks -- South America -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction Anthropological museums and collections -- South America -- Fiction Anthropologists -- Fiction USA South America -- Fiction Mystery fiction |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT pricerichard enigmavariations AT pricesally enigmavariations |