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When I Lived in Modern Times
by Linda Grant
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Granta Books, 2000. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6". None. A signed first edition, first impression of Linda Grant's Women's Prize winning novel 'When I Lived in Modern Times', a fine copy in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'When I Lived in Modern Times' is a novel following the life of a young Jewish woman from London, who, in 1946, emigrates to what will become Israel, and lives through the birth of the country. Written by Linda Grant, an English novelist. This book won the 2000 Orange Prize for Fiction. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine. Dustwrapper is near fine with some light edgewear and very minor marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
Synopsis
Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction In the spring of 1946, Evelyn Sert stands on the deck of a ship bound for Palestine. For the twenty-year-old from London, it is a time of adventure and change when all things seem possible. Swept up in the spirited, chaotic churning of her new, strange country, she joins a kibbutz, then moves on to the teeming metropolis of Tel Aviv, to find her own home and a group of friends as eccentric and disparate as the city itself. She falls in love with a man who is not what he seems when she becomes an unwitting spy for a nation fighting to be born. When I Lived in Modern Times is "an unsentimental coming-of-age story of both a country and a young immigrant . . . that provides an unforgettable glimpse of a time and place rarely observed" ( Publishers Weekly , starred review).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 709P3
- Title
- When I Lived in Modern Times
- Author
- Linda Grant
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 9.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- When I Lived in Modern Times linda grant orange prize for fiction london linda grant tel aviv israel
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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