THE LAST LIFE Tapa dura - 1999

Picador, 1999. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780330375634

London: Picador, 1999. First British Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine in French Flaps. First Printing. TRUE FIRST. Author of THE EMPERIOR'S CHILDREN that was long listed for the Man Booker Prize,

PICADOR, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Previous owners inscriptions: Yes, by author. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket condition: Good+. Published: 1999. 1st Edition: Yes. Pages: 376. Description: "The Last Life" is the story of the teenage Sagesse LaBasse and her family, repatriated French Algerians. It is set in colonial Algeria, the south of France, and New England. The LaBasse family had always believed in the permanence of their world, in which stories created from the past had the weight of truth, in which cynicism was the defence against disaster. but when shots from the grandfather's rifle shatter an evening's quiet, their world begins to crumble, the reality to emerge: the bastard son abandoned by the family before he was even born; Sagesse's handicapped brother for whom the family cared with Catholic dignity; her American mother who pretended to be French; the trigger-happy grandfather; and Sagesse's father, whose act of defiance brought… Leer más

London: Picador, 1999. First British Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine+/Near Fine. True First.

London: Picador, 1999. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!. Best known for her two most recent novels, The Emperor's Children and The Woman Upstairs, this is Messud's second novel. An expatriate, Algerian girl's compelling coming of age in southern France. A mesmerizing book. The British (Picador) is the correct first edition for this book.