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Lark and Termite
by Phillips, Jayne Anne
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375401954
- ISBN 13
- 9780375401954
- Seller
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About This Item
Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fourth impression with unclipped dust jacket. This was long listed for the 2011 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and carries the stamp to the title page and label to the front cover Otherwise the book is in fine condition
Synopsis
A rich, many-layered novel from one of our major writers, her first in nine years.Set in the 1950s in West Virginia and Korea, it is a story of the power of loss and love, the echoing ramifications of war, family secrets, dreams and ghosts, and the unseen, almost magical bonds that unite and sustain us.At its center: Lark and her brother, Termite, a child unable to walk and talk but full of radiance; their mother, Lola; their aunt, Nonie, who raises them; and Termite's father, Corporal Robert Leavitt, who finds himself caught up in the chaotic early months of the Korean War. Told with enormous imagination and deep feeling, the novel invites us into the hearts and thoughts of each of the leading characters; even into Termite's intricate, shuttered consciousness. We are with Leavitt, trapped by friendly fire. We see Lark's hopes for herself and Termite, and how she makes them happen. We learn of Lola's love for her soldier husband and children, and unravel the mystery of her relationship with Nonie. We discover the lasting connections between past and future on the night the town experiences an overwhelming flood, and we follow Lark and Termite as their lives are changed forever.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Andrew James Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001617
- Title
- Lark and Termite
- Author
- Phillips, Jayne Anne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0375401954
- ISBN 13
- 9780375401954
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- AMERICAN MODERN FICTION
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
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