JASMINE
by Mukherjee, Bharati
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0802110320
- ISBN 13
- 9780802110329
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, brown quarter cloth with gold lettering over light blue boards, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a broken bowl with the same woman's face in three shards painted by Kinuko Craft, 241 pages. Bharati Mukherjee (1940 - 2017) was an Indian American-Canadian writer and professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She was the author of several novels and short story collections, as well as works of nonfiction. <br/><br/>Jasmine was the author's fourth novel. Her previous book, Middleman and Other Stories, won the 1988 National Book Critics Award. Jasimine is set in the 1980s about a young Indian woman who struggles to adapt to the American way of life in order to survive and changes her identities several times.<br/><br/>EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! No marks by previous owners or remainder.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7076
- Title
- JASMINE
- Author
- Mukherjee, Bharati
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0802110320
- ISBN 13
- 9780802110329
- Publisher
- Grove Weidenfeld
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Immigrant, Indian, American, woman, education, identity, stress
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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