Man descending: Selected stories
by Guy Vanderhaeghe
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0771592612
- ISBN 13
- 9780771592614
- Seller
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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Synopsis
Man Descending is a collection of short stories written by Saskatchewan-born writer Guy Vanderhaeghe. The book was first published by Macmillan of Canada in 1982 and Vanderhaeghe went on to become one of the few first-time authors to win the coveted Governor General's Award for Fiction for this work. It also won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. The book consists of 12 stories covering different ages in people's lives, ranging from teenage romance to the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
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- Bookseller
- Wonder Book (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NC01A-00177
- Title
- Man descending: Selected stories
- Author
- Guy Vanderhaeghe
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Very Good
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0771592612
- ISBN 13
- 9780771592614
- Publisher
- Macmillan of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Canada
- This edition first published
- 1986
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