Staring at the Sun
by Julian Barnes
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394558219
- ISBN 13
- 9780394558219
- Seller
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Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
First American edition. Rubbing to dust jacket edges. Two small tears to bottom of rear jacket panel and one small crease. Unmarked.
Synopsis
Teasing fullness, wit, incisiveness, gentleness and generosity' Times Literary SupplementStaring at the Sun charts the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginning as a naive, carefree country girl before the war through to her wry and trenchant old age in the year 2020. We follow her bruising experience in marriage, her probing of male truths, her adventures in motherhood and in China and we learn cannot fail to be moved by the questions she asks of life and the often unsatisfactory answers it provides.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roxanna Nazari, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1405
- Title
- Staring at the Sun
- Author
- Julian Barnes
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394558219
- ISBN 13
- 9780394558219
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
Terms of Sale
Roxanna Nazari, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Roxanna Nazari, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2022
Norwalk, Connecticut
About Roxanna Nazari, Bookseller
A former lawyer and life-long bibliophile and book collector, I am embarking on a new career as a bookseller. I am particularly interested in golden age detective fiction, but have eclectic tastes. I attended YABS in 2021.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...