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The Bear Comes Home
by Zabor, Rafi
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393040372
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040371
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: W W Norton, 1997. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 480 p. A first novel by jazz drummer Zabor. Jacket has creasing at lower front edge. Fine in very good dustjacket in mylar cover..
Synopsis
The Bear Comes Home is a novel written by Rafi Zabor. It won the 1998 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. It was selected as an alternate for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. The novel tells the story of an alto saxophone-playing bear, his involvement in the jazz subculture, and his pursuit of love, truth and perfection. Musician published the first chapters of The Bear Comes Home, in serialized form, beginning in 1979.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LL-b1053-09
- Title
- The Bear Comes Home
- Author
- Zabor, Rafi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393040372
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040371
- Publisher
- W W Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- BEARS JAZZ FICTION
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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About Rose's Books, IOBA
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