Shape Shifter Tapa dura - 1991

Pantheon, August 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8.50 X 5.30 X 0.90 inches

Pantheon, August 1991. Hardcover. Good.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1991. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Pantheon Books, 1991. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Pantheon, 1991-08-27. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Pantheon. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. 1st American edition. With remainder mark. In protective mylar cover. (Short Stories, Fiction)

New York: Pantheon, September 1991. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated). Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. Dust stains to top edge, otherwise As New. Unread. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 164 pages. Winner of the Guardian Prize, the Guyana Prize, and the Macmillan Silver Pen Award.
In this startling debut collection hard-luck Londoners and Caribs find themselves and their environs in a state of metamorphosis. In "The Conversion of Millicent Vernon," a West Indian teenager abandons Christianity after an per web obeah man recommends tree worship to save her rotting teeth; the protagonist of "The Truth Is in the Clothes" discovers that the back wall of her London flat opens up on her native Jamaica; "The Girl with the Celestial Limb" concerns a shop girl whose leg turns into a black hole that threatens to swallow her. The prominence of the supernatural notwithstanding, these 12 stories are firmly rooted in reality. From an incarcerated Jamaican mother's dulled anguish to a… Leer más

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1991. The author's first book -- a book of 12 short stories. Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize in year of publication. A Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. 164 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.