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Despair: And Other Stories
by Alexis, Andre
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805059792
- ISBN 13
- 9780805059793
- Seller
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Apache Junction, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Henry Holt and Co., 2000. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 0805059792 Fine First edition, First Printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Not inscribed, price clipped or otherwise marked. Securely wrapped, dust jacket in protective cover and shipped in a box. Full # line starting with a 1.
Synopsis
André Alexis was born in Trinidad in 1957 and grew up in Canada. His debut novel, Childhood (1998), won the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award, shared the Trillium Award, and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Rogers Communications Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. It has been published around the world. He is also the author of an internationally acclaimed collection of short stories, Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa (1994), which was shortlisted for a Regional Commonwealth Prize, and he has published a play, Lambton Kent (1999). André Alexis lives in Toronto, where he is at work on his next novel.
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- Bookseller
- Garys Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000501
- Title
- Despair: And Other Stories
- Author
- Alexis, Andre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0805059792
- ISBN 13
- 9780805059793
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- FICTION SHORT STORIES SINGLE AUTHOR ONTARIO 0-8050-5979-2 *****, FIRST PRINT
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