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VACLAV & LENA : A Novel
de Haley Tanner
- Nuevo
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- New/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400069319
- ISBN 13
- 9781400069316
- Librería
-
Berkeley, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
The Dial Press/Random House, 2011. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/Near Fine. Text/NEW & Bright. Dial Press/Random House, Collectible, 2011 First Edition, 1st Printing. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/a whisper of shelfwear. Life experiences of two young Russian immigrants, deeply in love, parted & reunited in Brighton Beach. Debut novel from Haley Tanner (1982 -). Story opens as charismatic 10-year-old Vaclav, confident he is to be as famous a magician as Harry Houdini, meets Lena, a waif, new to America, struggling w/English, whom Vaclav knows will be his future "lovely assistant". Lena, on the inside, loud, very funny & smart, sings songs & thinks big, loud thoughts, being short on English, is thought by all a quiet & shy personage. Abusive treatments by guardians, shifts Lena into the custody of Protective Services --- there she is kept for 7 years!!! During those years, Vaclav whispers goodnight to Lena nightly & Lena keeps withdrawn. Reunited, they ask each other deeply, meaningful questions --- Did you remember me? Was I as important to you as you to me? Was I alone in my remembering? Or, were you with me the whole time? A search for truth from two teenagers.
Sinopsis
HALEY TANNER was born in 1982 in New York. She holds an MFA from The New School and a BA from Clark University. She lives in Brooklyn. This is her first novel.
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- Librería
- 100 POCKETS
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 020954
- Título
- VACLAV & LENA : A Novel
- Autor
- Haley Tanner
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo New
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1400069319
- ISBN 13
- 9781400069316
- Editorial
- The Dial Press/Random House
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2011
- Páginas
- 292
- Palabras clave
- Novel, Thwarted Love, Human Agony
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