The Bear Comes Home
by ZABOR, Rafi
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393040372
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040371
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
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
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 341213
- Title
- The Bear Comes Home
- Author
- ZABOR, Rafi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0393040372
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040371
- Publisher
- Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- FirstBook, PEN/FaulknerAward
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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