Self: A Novel
by Martel,Yann
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394281608
- ISBN 13
- 9780394281605
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About This Item
Toronto: Alfred A Knopf Canada, 1996. Undetermined. fine. 1st Edition. [viii],329pp. Octavo. Original black paper covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Dustjacket is unblemished and clean. Bright, tight copy. Text block is tight. fine The debut novel by author. Boldly signed on the title page. The fictional autobiography of a young writer who, upon waking one morning, realizes he has turned into a woman. Martel won the Man Booker prize for his second novel, Life of Pi, and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Fiction. 1996
Synopsis
Yann Martel was born in Spain in 1963 of peripatetic Canadian parents. He grew up in Alaska, British Columbia, Costa Rica, France, Ontario and Mexico, and has continued travelling as an adult, spending time in Iran, Turkey and India. After studying philosophy at Trent University and while doing various odd jobs -- tree planting, dishwashing, working as a security guard -- he began to write. He is the prize-winning author of The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios , a collection of short stories, and of Self , a novel, both of them published internationally. His latest book, Life of Pi, won the 2002 Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Governor’s General Award and is an international bestseller. He has been living from his writing since the age of 27. He divides his time between yoga, writing and volunteering in a palliative care unit. Yann Martel lives in Montreal.
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127934
- Title
- Self: A Novel
- Author
- Martel,Yann
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394281608
- ISBN 13
- 9780394281605
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Canadian Lit.|Modern Firsts|First Book
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