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The Aguero Sisters
de Garcia, Cristina
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679450904
- ISBN 13
- 9780679450900
- Librería
-
Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition; no other printings noted. Same date on Title page & Copyright page. Hardcover in very good condition with muddy colored yellow boards, navy spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Top text block stained yellow and has a red dot (remainder mark?) on top. White endpapers; front paste down end paper was pasted with a dog-ear fold folded under so verso of front board not completely covered by the end paper (see photo.) Interior text block clean & tight; no markings or writing noted. Dust jacket very good; would be fine but for light water stain on back of jacket at bottom spine; does not bleed through to the front. Not price clipped. * Second novel by this Cuban American author. Comments on the book from Caryl Phillips, ""The Aguero Sisters"" illuminates the troubled relationship between parents and children, between Cuba and the United States, and between secrets and lies, with a beautifully spun elegance. Cristina Garcia offers us a profoundly moving insight into the difficult questions of identity which haunt both individuals and nations.""
Sinopsis
Cristina García was born in Havana and grew up in New York City. Her first novel, Dreaming in Cuban, was nominated for a National Book Award and has been widely translated. Ms. García has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University, and the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award. She lives in Los Angeles with her daughter, Pilar.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- M000368
- Título
- The Aguero Sisters
- Autor
- Garcia, Cristina
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679450904
- ISBN 13
- 9780679450900
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1997
- Palabras clave
- Fiction, Cuban American families, Cuban Americans - Fiction, Miami Florida - Fiction
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction;
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Sobre el vendedor
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
Sobre Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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