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A GIFT UPON THE SHORE
by Wren, M. K
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0345363418
- ISBN 13
- 9780345363411
- Seller
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Santa Rosa, California, United States
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About This Item
Ballantine Books, 1990. Book. Illus. by Walker, Jeff. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Fine copy in fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A clean, square copy without price-clipping. A post-apocalyptic novel about two women who attempt to preserve books for posterity in what may be the last library in the world, while opposed by a religious zealot named Miriam who leads a group of survivors called the Flock who see all books as blasphemous. A very thoughtful novel..
Synopsis
A Gift Upon the Shore is a 1990 novel by M. K. Wren which trades in some of the familiar post-apocalyptic themes, including, eventually, a fundamentalist cult gone mad.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Top Shelf Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004163
- Title
- A GIFT UPON THE SHORE
- Author
- Wren, M. K
- Illustrator
- Walker, Jeff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0345363418
- ISBN 13
- 9780345363411
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- M K Wren, Science Fiction, Dystopia
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Top Shelf Books
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Santa Rosa, California
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