Giraffe
by Ledgard, J.M
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG: mild shelf wear bottom of boards, else clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ VG: mild age toning/soil, NOT clipped
- ISBN 10
- 1594200998
- ISBN 13
- 9781594200991
- Seller
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Synopsis
Marking the debut of an unforgettable talent, this haunting novel rescues a tragedy from historical oblivion in a voice that engulfs the reader like a rapturous dream. In 1975 the largest captive herd of giraffes in the world was slaughtered in the zoo of a small Czechoslovakian town, a massacre that has never been explained. Exploring this mystery, Giraffe is a story, at once vivid and unearthly, of creatures that are alien and silent, of the inhabitants of a totalitarian state, sleepwalking through the "Communist moment," and of captivity and destruction of many kinds. Brilliantly transporting, Giraffe is a modern fable about the ways in which ordinary people become complicit in the crimes committed in their midst, as well as the power of living creatures to enchant us into wakefulness.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2419
- Title
- Giraffe
- Author
- Ledgard, J.M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: mild shelf wear bottom of boards, else clean, square, tight, unmarked
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG: mild age toning/soil, NOT clipped
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first American edition
- ISBN 10
- 1594200998
- ISBN 13
- 9781594200991
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- fiction, first edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...