New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. Near Fine/Very Good +. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Gluck loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 72 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray boards stamped in gilt.

Edges of unclipped dust jacket are lightly worn. Boards a bit rubbed at spine ends. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Gluck won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature and has previously won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. She cites Leonie Adams and Stanley Kunitz as influences.

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Bookseller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8019
Title: A Village Life [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
Author: Louise Gluck
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good +
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0374283745
ISBN 13: 9780374283742
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2009

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