TURN OF MIND
de LaPlante, Alice
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Librería
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
New York: Grove/Atlantic, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. The award-winning LaPlante has written a stunning literary thriller. It is narrated by Dr. Jennifer White, a retired orthopedic surgeon in the early stages of dementia, who police believe, has murdered her longtime friend and cut off her fingers. Dr. White can't remember and must try to pull together the pieces of her mind to discover who killed her friend. First edition, first printing. About 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 307 pages in black paper-covered boards with a black backstrip and gold lettering on spine. The pictorial dustjacket features a faded picture of a woman with handwritten notes in white across her chest. Title is in blue at top of dj; author in white at bottom. A single page (39-40) has a vertical crease the length of the page and the back endpage has a creased upper corner. O/w boards and text are clean, complete and unmarked, tight and square. No signs of wear except very slight bumping at spine ends. Dustjacket shows shows only a touch of soiling on back panel, o/w without significant flaws or damage such as tears, chipping or bumping. This is LaPlante's fourth novel and fifth book.
Sinopsis
ALICE LAPLANTE teaches creative writing at San Francisco State University and Stanford University, where she has a Wallace Stegner fellowship. Her accolades include a Transatlantic Review fiction prize. She has been published in Epoch , Southwestern Review , and other literary journals, and her nonfiction has appeared in Forbes ASAP , Discover and BusinessWeek . She has written four books of nonfiction. This is her first novel. She lives in Palo Alto, California.
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Detalles
- Librería
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 006064
- Título
- TURN OF MIND
- Autor
- LaPlante, Alice
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Grove/Atlantic
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2011
- Palabras clave
- MODERN NOVEL, MYSTERY, THRILLER, DEMENTIA, CHICAGO, MURDER,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Modern Novel; Crime; Amateur Sleuth;
Términos de venta
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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Sobre el vendedor
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Canandaigua, New York
Sobre H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Tight
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- Chipping
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
