Changing Planes : Armchair Travel for the Mind
by Le Guin, Ursula
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First British edition, first printing. Black boards with silver titles to spine. Binding tight, corners square and boards clean. Pages slightly age toned but clean with no markings. Jacket unclipped £8.99 UK only, light rubbing to edges and surfaces. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 214 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.
Synopsis
"Then came a child trotting to school with his little backpack. He trotted on all fours, neatly, his hands in leather mitts or boots that protected them from the pavement; he was pale, with small eyes, and a snout, but he was adorable." --from Changing Planes The misery of waiting for a connecting flight at an airport leads to the accidental discovery of alighting on other planes--not airplanes but planes of existence. Ursula Le Guin's deadpan premise frames a series of travel accounts by the tourist-narrator who describes bizarre societies and cultures that sometimes mirror our own, and sometimes open puzzling doors into the alien. Winner of the PEN/Malamud for Short Stories
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- Bookseller
- Soin2Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002842
- Title
- Changing Planes : Armchair Travel for the Mind
- Author
- Le Guin, Ursula
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 214
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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