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The Weight of Oranges Miner's Pond
by Michaels, Anne
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771058780
- ISBN 13
- 9780771058783
- Seller
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About This Item
Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1997. Paperback. Near Fine. Previous owner's name on first page; 5 3./8 x 8 1/2 "; 123 pages.
Synopsis
Anne Michaels is the author of three highly acclaimed poetry collections: The Weight of Oranges (1986), which won the Commonwealth Prize for the Americas; Miner ’ s Pond (1991), which received the Canadian Authors Association Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award and the Trillium Award (these two volumes were published in a single-volume edition in 1997); and Skin Divers (1999). Fugitive Pieces (1996) is Anne Michaels’ multi-award-winning, internationally bestselling first novel. In Canada, it was #1, and on the national bestseller list for more than two years. The literary prizes the novel has garnered to date are: In Canada, the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award; the City of Toronto Book Award; the Martin & Beatrice Fischer Award; the Trillium Book Award; and an Award of Merit from Heritage Toronto. In the U.K., the Guardian Fiction Award; the Jewish Quarterly Prize for Fiction; and the Orange Prize for Fiction. In the U.S., the Harold Ribalow Award and a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction. And in Italy, Giuseppe Acerbi Literary Award. Anne Michaels lives in Toronto, where she is working on her next novel. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Chequamegon Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111878
- Title
- The Weight of Oranges Miner's Pond
- Author
- Michaels, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0771058780
- ISBN 13
- 9780771058783
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 1997
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