New York: Nan A. Talese, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Top page ridge very faintly foxed, very faint odor of smoke. 1996 Hard Cover. 178 pp. Eleven masterful short stories by the author of the critically acclaimed The Invisible Circus explore a world of travel and a quest for self-identity, journeying from Bora Bora to Manhattan as the characters seek--and sometimes find--a transformation in their lives.

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Jennifer Egan was born in Chicago and raised in San Francisco. She attended the University of Pennsylvania and St. John's College, Cambridge.She is the author of three novels, The Invisible Circus , Look at Me , which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and The Keep , as well as a collection of stories, Emerald City . She has published short fiction in The New Yorker , Harper's , Zoetrope and Ploughshares , among others, and her journalism appears frequently in The New York Times Magazine . She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was recently a fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and sons.

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Bookseller: Yesterday's Muse Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2281560
Title: Emerald City and Other Stories
Author: Egan, Jennifer
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0385482124
ISBN 13: 9780385482127
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1996
Size: 6x1x8
Keywords: JENNIFER EGAN FICTION SHORT STORIES
X weight: 13 oz

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