New York: Bloomsbury, April 1999. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition (stated) / full number line. Bound-in ribbon bookmark. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Jacket clean and bright with slight shelf wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 224 pages.

Spirits are on the move in Pauline Melville's second short story collection. A South American president revisits the scenes of his ruthless rise to power-shortly after his own funeral. A transformed and sparkling city of London sets the scene for a company chairman's nemesis at the hands of his wife. In Andalusia, the spirit of the "duende" inspires an elderly widow to dance a death-defying flamenco. We meet splendacious Mrs. da Silva, sixty-five year old matriarch of Rebel War Band, as she boogies at a carnival. The ghost of Dante's Virgil, leading his pilgrim along perilous paths, is brought to mind as one friend guides another on her final journey.

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Bookseller: Books of the World (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: RWARE0000000653
Title: The Migration of Ghosts
Author: Pauline Melville
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First U.S. Edition
ISBN 10: 158234020X
ISBN 13: 9781582340203
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1999
Pages: 224
Size: 8vo
Keywords: fiction, short stories, magic realism, immigrants, poverty, supernatural, Andalusia, London, Caribbean, Guyana
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction; Britain; Caribbean; Guyana;

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