The Conversations at Curlow Creek
by Malouf, David
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0679442669
- ISBN 13
- 9780679442660
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About This Item
New York, NY: Pantheon Books Inc., 1997. New York, NY, Pantheon Books, 1987. First American edition. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 233 pp. Set in 1827 Australia, two men talk through the night: a convict waiting to be hanged at dawn and the officer in charge of the hanging. They reveal their pasts, discovering unlikely connections in their lives. These two dissimilar men go far beyond the details of their lives to express both the isolation of the individual and the experiences shared in silence that unites us all. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.. First American. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
David Malouf is the author of many works of fiction and poetry, including the novel Remembering Babylon which received the first-ever International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was short listed for the Booker Prize. He lives in Sydney, Australia.
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- Respectful Exits (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020622
- Title
- The Conversations at Curlow Creek
- Author
- Malouf, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- First American
- ISBN 10
- 0679442669
- ISBN 13
- 9780679442660
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- AUSTRALIA CONVICTS JUSTICE NATURE SURVIAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australia;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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