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The Bear Comes Home
by Zabor, Rafi
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- ISBN 10
- 0393040372
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040371
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Nwe York: W W Norton. 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. Second Printing. Thick octavo, black cloth spine over orange paper covered boards. 480pp. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked, unblemished and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket with a shallow crease on inside foldover, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Virtually as new..
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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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 04956
- Title
- The Bear Comes Home
- Author
- Zabor, Rafi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- F
- ISBN 10
- 0393040372
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040371
- Publisher
- Nwe York: W W Norton. 1997.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1997
- Keywords
- NEW YORK N Y FICTION 0393040372 , ZABOR, FABLE, ANIMAL, ANIMISTIC, JAZZ, MUSIC, MUSICIAN, HORN, TRUMPET, SAXOPHONE, IMPROVISATION, LITERATURE, LITERARY, AMERICAN, URBAN, JAM, BAND, MODERN,
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- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
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About Brillig Books
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