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The Child in Time
de McEWAN, Ian
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395429129
- ISBN 13
- 9780395429129
- Librería
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Octavo. 263pp. Top corners gently bumped else fine in a lightly edgeworn and lightly spine-sunned, near fine dust jacket. Inscribed on the title page: "To Tina Valentine / on her twenty first birthday / With best wishes / Ian McEwan 25/ii/91."
Laid in is a Typed Note Signed from McEwan's secretary on an octavo sheet of McEwan's stationery. Addressed to the recipient's father, McEwan's secretary writes that while the author would be unable to send any manuscript pages as a birthday gift, he could send along a signed copy of this book. A nice sentiment. Winner of the Whitbread Award for best novel of 1987.
Laid in is a Typed Note Signed from McEwan's secretary on an octavo sheet of McEwan's stationery. Addressed to the recipient's father, McEwan's secretary writes that while the author would be unable to send any manuscript pages as a birthday gift, he could send along a signed copy of this book. A nice sentiment. Winner of the Whitbread Award for best novel of 1987.
Sinopsis
Spooky - wonderful, -ObserverThe Child in Time opens with a harrowing event. Stephen Lewis, a successful author of children's books, takes his three-year-old daughter on a routine Saturday morning trip to the supermarket. While waiting in line, his attention is distracted and his daughter is kidnapped. Just like that. From there, Lewis spirals into bereavement that has effects on his relationship with his wife, his psyche and time itself.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 500784
- Título
- The Child in Time
- Autor
- McEWAN, Ian
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0395429129
- ISBN 13
- 9780395429129
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1987
- Palabras clave
- EnglishLiterature
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