| Author: |
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Michael IGNATIEFF
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Scar Tissue |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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224 |
| Date: |
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1993 |
| ISBN: |
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0701141735 |
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Chatto and Windus |
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0.53 pounds |
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5.43 x 8.35 x 0.71 inches |
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First Edition |
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3 chris (Japan), JessicaG (Japan), graham dann (Australia) |
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3 JessicaG (Japan), graham dann (Australia), MoochChowChow (New Zealand) |
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Product Description
At the heart of SCAR TISSUE is a son's account of his mother's voyage into a world of neurological disease, losing her memory and then her very identity, only to gain - at the very end - a strange serenity. Obsessed with his mother's transformation, the son sets out on his own quest for self-discovery.No recent British novel has traversed the worlds of reason and emotion, the human presence and its annihilation, so effectively and directlyPat Kane, New Statesman Both moving and intellectually challenging... a novel of rare resonance David ROBSON, Sunday TelegraphIgnatieff's novel impresses in its wisdom as much as in its restraint... this is a rich novel written by a magnanimous writer with an' exquisite talent for naturalismMichael Wright, The Times. Booker listed
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