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Jenny Erpenbeck
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The Book of Words (New Directions Paperbook) |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
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96 |
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2007-12-15 |
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081121706X |
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New Directions |
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0.25 pounds |
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5.31 x 0.31 x 7.91 inches |
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Product Description
A searing novella about coming of age in a land of tyranny, by one of Germany's most brilliant young authors.
In The Book of Words, Jenny Erpenbeck captures with amazing virtuosity the inner life of a young girl who survives the totalitarian regime of a curiously unnamed South American country (most likely Argentina during it "dirty war"). Raised by parents whose real identity ends up shocking her, the girl comes of age in a country where gunshots are mistaken for blown tires, innocent citizens are dragged off buses, and tortured and disappeared friends and family return to visit her from the dead.
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http://bookmooch.com/081121706X |
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