BARNES, JULIAN

Porcupine

Random House Canada, 1992. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394223241. Black Hardcover, black cloth spine covering. In Fine+ condition. The DJ is unclipped and also in Fine+ condition. " Barnes trains his laser-bright prose on the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader, is placed on trial for crimes that range from corruption to political murder. Petkanov's guilt -- and the righteousness of his opponents -- would seem to be self-evident. But, as brilliantly imagined by Barnes, the trial of this cunning and unrepentant dictator illuminates the shadowy frontier between the rusted myths of the Communist past and a capitalist future in which everything is up for grabs. "; 7.6 X 5.3 X 1.5 inches. Fine+ .

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Book number: 24254

Catalogue: Historical Ficiton, Politics, European Literature

Keywords: 0394223241 Historical Ficiton Politics European Literature Politics Historical Fiction Europe

COOPER, J. CALIFORNIA

Family

Anchor / Doubleday, 1991. Paperback. ISBN: 0385411723. Trade Paperback in Very Good condition. Tightly bound and unmarked with light tanning to the interior page edges. Light cover scuffing and edgewear. "With "Family", Cooper has taken the slave narrative and recreated it as an epic, yet collo quial, poem. "Mesmerizing . Cooper weaves four wry, humorous, tragic tales that envelop and transcend time, offering hope and renewal at the same time they chronicle desolation and death". --" ; 7.90 X 5.10 X 0.40 inches; 231 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 13310

Catalogue: Historical Ficiton

Keywords: 0385411723 Fiction Historical Fiction African American

LE CLéZIO, J. M. G.

Ritournelle de la Faim

GALLIMARD, 2008. Paperback. ISBN: 2070122832. A Fine Trade Paperback, a sound binding and bright, unmarked pages. "Le Clézio, J. -M. G, 1940-. Ritournelle de la faim: roman. Paris: Gallimard, 2008, Printed 13 octobre 2008 / rear cover: 08-X, 206pp, PAPERBACK, very good. "Ma mère, quand elle m'a raconté la première du Boléro, a dit son émotion, les cris, les bravos et les sifflets, le tumulte. Dans la même salle, quelque part, se trouvait un jeune homme qu'elle n'a jamais rencontré, Claude Lévi-Strauss. Comme lui, longtemps après, ma mère m'a confié que cette musique avait changé sa vie. Maintenant, je comprends pourquoi. Je sais ce que signifiait pour sa génération cette phrase répétée, serinée, imposée par le rythme et le crescendo. Le Boléro n'est pas une pièce musicale comme les autres. Il est une prophétie. Il raconte l'histoire d'une colère, d'une faim. Quand il s'achève dans la violence, le silence qui s'ensuit est terrible pour les survivants étourdis. J'ai écrit cette histoire en mémoire d'une jeune fille qui fut malgré elle une héroïne à vingt ans." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 27298

Catalogue: France, Ficiton, Nobel Prize Winner, Historical Fiction

Keywords: 2070122832 French > Fiction Nobel Prize Winners Historical Fiction War Literature Historical Fiction War Literature French Books

MOORE GEORGE

Esther Waters

London, England: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1936. Hardcover. Bright red cloth covers with gilt titles to the spine. Tightly bound and unmarked with light bumping to the spine ends and corners. Decorative end papers. ; Everyman's Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 363 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 12047

Catalogue: Historical Ficiton

Keywords: Unmarried Mothers Fiction Historical Fiction

MOORE, BRIAN

Luck of Ginger Coffey, the

Harmondsworth, England: Penguin (Non-Classics), 1977. Mass Market. ISBN: 0140021159. Mass Market paperback, in good condition as it is tightly bound with an unmarked interior. The covers do ahve wear to the extremities with light foxing to them. "Ireland was too small for Ginger Coffey. No matter how hard he tried to get on, he just ended up as a glorified errand boy. That was why he emigrated to Canada with his wife and daughter." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 202 pages. Good .

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Book number: 11746

Catalogue: Historical Ficiton

Keywords: 0140021159 Irish Immigrants Humour & Satire Historical Fiction

MURRAY, EARL

Song of Wovoka a Novel

TOR, 1992. Trade paperback. ISBN: 0812520912. Trade Paperback in As New condition. Small black mark on the inside of the inside of the front cover, the text is unmarked. "With Sitting Bull reduced to living in a white man's cabin, the Sioux have only the life of the spirit--the Ghost Dance--to sustain them, yet their new beliefs will lead to Wounded Knee." ; Maps; 1.1 x 8.9 x 5.9 Inches; 404 pages. As New .

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Book number: 12247

Catalogue: Historical Ficiton, Westerns

Keywords: 0812520912 South Dakota Fiction Historical Fiction Westerns

STEWART, MARY

Last Enchantment, the

William Morrow & Co, 1979. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0688034810. Black Hardcovers with bright red titles to the spine, Book Of The Month Club. Bright, unmarked pages, a solid binding. Maps to the end papers. The DJ is Very Good+, cover edge wear with some rubbing. "Arthur Pendragon is king! Crowned and recognized as High King, Arthur is unchallenged on the battlefield, and he melds the country together in a time of promise, as Merlin works in the shadows. But sinister powers plot to destroy Camelot, and when the witch-queen Morgause - Arthur's own half-sister - ensnares him in an incestuous liaison, a fatal web of love, betrayal, and bloody vengeance is woven." ; 8.4 X 5.8 X 1.8 inches; 439 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26352

Catalogue: Fiction, Historical Ficiton,Mythology, Adventure

Keywords: 0688034810 Fiction > Adventure Novel Historical Fiction Mythology Fiction Historical Fiction Action & Adventure