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| J. M. Coetzee - Disgrace |
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Set between Cape Town and a remote farm in the Eastern Cape, this spare, unflinching novel of the modern South Africa traces the relationship between a farmer and his daughter. Reprint.
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$1.99 - $10.88
from 6 stores
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| Kazuo Ishiguro - An Artist of the Floating World |
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Masuji Ono was once a painter of the Ukiyo, the traditional pleasure-seeking "floating world" of geishas, cherry blossoms, and teahouses. But he also worked as an enthusiastic propagandist, creating posters in support of the imperialist Japanese government during World War II--a war in which his wif ...
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$4.00 - $30.00
from 5 stores
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| Anita Desai - Fasting, Feasting |
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Anita Desai's new book, hailed as "unsparing, yet tender and funny,"* brilliantly confirms her place among today's foremost Indian writers. FASTING, FEASTING takes on Desai's greatest theme: the intricate, delicate web of family conflict. It tells the moving story of Uma, the plain older daughter of ...
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$1.99 - $11.16
from 4 stores
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| Muriel Spark - Loitering With Intent |
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Muriel Spark in prime form: one of her most enjoyable, complex, and instructive <I>jeux d'esprit.</I> "How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century," Fleur Talbot rejoices. Happily loitering about London, c. 1949, with intent to gather material for her writing, Fleur finds a jo ...
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$2.00 - $30.00
from 5 stores
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| Elizabeth Bowen - Eva Trout |
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A rich, unloved woman given to dangerous fantasies, Eva Trout attracts trouble. In this social comedy, Elizabeth Bowen creates one of her most memorable characters.
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$1.99 - $5.74
from 2 stores
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