Man Descending
by Vanderhaeghe, Guy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0370307186
- ISBN 13
- 9780370307183
- Seller
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Wheatfield, New York, 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
- A Good Read (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58067
- Title
- Man Descending
- Author
- Vanderhaeghe, Guy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0370307186
- ISBN 13
- 9780370307183
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- 0370307186
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