The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
by Kingston, Maxine Hong
- Used
- Near Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679721886
- ISBN 13
- 9780679721888
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Vintage Internationasl, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 209 pages. Short Publisher's catalog appended. First published in 1976, this is the first Vintage International paperback edition (1989). An innovative memoir blending autobiography, mythology and Chinese folklore, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine. .
Synopsis
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts is a memoir by Maxine Hong Kingston, published by Vintage Books in 1975. Although there are many scholarly debates surrounding the official genre classification of the book, it can best be described as a work of creative non-fiction. Throughout the five chapters of The Woman Warrior, Kingston blends autobiography with old Chinese folktales.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018938
- Title
- The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
- Author
- Kingston, Maxine Hong
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0679721886
- ISBN 13
- 9780679721888
- Publisher
- Vintage Internationasl
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Memoirs, Autobiography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography and Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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