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CEREUS BLOOMS AT NIGHT.
by Mootoo, Shani
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Grove Press,, 1998.. First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Author's highly praised first novel, originally published in Canada in 1996 and a finalist for the Giller Prize, the Canada First Novel Award and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Set on a fictional Caribbean island in the town of Paradise, it employs myth and magic to explore identity, violence and love.
Synopsis
Shani Mootoo was born in Ireland and grew up in Trinidad. She has lived in Canada since the early 1980s. Her acclaimed first novel, Cereus Blooms at Night, was published in fourteen countries, was a finalist for The Giller Prize, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award. She is also an accomplished visual and video artist. Shani Mootoo lives in Edmonton.
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Details
- Seller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 7385
- Title
- CEREUS BLOOMS AT NIGHT.
- Author
- Mootoo, Shani
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
- Publisher
- Grove Press,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1998.
- Keywords
- first novel,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Caribbean literature and history;
Terms of Sale
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