STARING AT THE SUN
de BARNES, Julian
- Usado
- First
- Estado
- Ver descripción
- ISBN 10
- 0224024140
- ISBN 13
- 9780224024143
- Librería
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East Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
London, Jonathan Cape first edition - h/c in d.j. A fighter pilot high above the English Channel in 1941, watches the sun rise; he descends 10,000 feet and then, to his amazement finds the sun beginning to rise again. With this haunting image the author begins to chart the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginnings as a na�ve country girl to her wry and trenchant old age in the year 2020. 222 x 143mm., pp. 6, 195, contents fine, d.j. price clipped, light rub. on front, med. rub. on back, dusty edges inside back flap, sl. edge curl - no tears or chips, VG. ISBN: 0224024140
Sinopsis
Teasing fullness, wit, incisiveness, gentleness and generosity' Times Literary SupplementStaring at the Sun charts the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginning as a naive, carefree country girl before the war through to her wry and trenchant old age in the year 2020. We follow her bruising experience in marriage, her probing of male truths, her adventures in motherhood and in China and we learn cannot fail to be moved by the questions she asks of life and the often unsatisfactory answers it provides.
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- Librería
- EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- b0596c7e77adb11fbfc930b2
- Título
- STARING AT THE SUN
- Autor
- BARNES, Julian
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- first edition - h/c in d.j.
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0224024140
- ISBN 13
- 9780224024143
- Editorial
- London, Jonathan Cape
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1986
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- Edges
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- SL.
- slight
- Fine
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- First Edition
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