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Ocean of Words: Army Stories (Signed)

Ocean of Words: Army Stories (Signed)

Ocean of Words: Army Stories (Signed)
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Ocean of Words: Army Stories (Signed)

by Jin, Ha

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  • Signed
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Near Fine Plus.
ISBN 10
0944072585
ISBN 13
9780944072585
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Cambridge, MA: Zoland, 1996. Rubber stamped on half-title page "Judge's Official Copy / The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize Entry". 205 pages. Inscribed by author on title page "To ___ / Good wishes / Ha Jin".. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Synopsis

Ha Jin left his native China in 1985 to attend Brandeis University. He is the author of the internationally bestselling novel Waiting , which won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the National Book Award, and War Trash , which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize; the story collections The Bridegroom , which won the Asian American Literary Award, Under the Red Flag , which won the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, and Ocean of Words , which won the PEN/Hemingway Award; the novels The Crazed and In the Pond ; and three books of poetry. His latest novel, A Free Life is his first novel set in the United States. He lives in the Boston area and is a professor of English at Boston University. War Trash , The Crazed , The Bridegroom , Waiting , In the Pond , and Ocean of Words are available in paperback from Vintage Books.

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Bookseller
Purpora Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
18666
Title
Ocean of Words: Army Stories (Signed)
Author
Jin, Ha
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine Plus.
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
ISBN 10
0944072585
ISBN 13
9780944072585
Publisher
Zoland
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA
Date Published
1996

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