Metroland
by Julian Barnes
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
JULIAN BARNES is the author of eleven novels, including The Sense of an Ending, Metroland, Flaubert's Parrot, A History of the World in 10½ Chapters and Arthur & George; three books of short stories, Cross Channel, The Lemon Table and Pulse ; and also three collections of journalism, Letters from London, Something to Declare , and The Pedant in the Kitchen. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. In France he is the only writer to have won both the Prix Médicis (for Flaubert's Parrot ) and the Prix Femina (for Talking it Over) . He was awarded the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2004, the David Cohen Prize for Literature and the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011. He lives in London.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 760L6
- Title
- Metroland
- Author
- Julian Barnes
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Novel Debut Metroland Debut
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
About Rooke Books
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