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Fugitive Pieces by Michaels, Anne
- Bookseller: Highway Book Shop
(CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 98915
- Binding: Paperback
- ISBN 10: 0771058837
- ISBN 13: 9780771058837
- Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
- Place: Toronto, Ontairo, Canada
- Date published: 1996
- Size: 5.75 x 8.75 x 1 inches
- Weight: 0.8 pounds
Description
Toronto, Ontairo, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1996. 294 pgs, fore-edge uncut; 5 copies available; NOT all copies as described, contact seller for details;. ISBN: 0771058837. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 4¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. NOVEL.
trade paperback : Often used to indicate any paperback book that is somewhat larger than a mass-market paperback.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
Book summary
Jakob Beer, a fugitive from World War II Poland, is transported to a Greek island, then to Toronto, learning along the way how language not only has the power to destroy, but also to restore and to bear witness. This first novel was a best-seller in Canada.
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