A Gesture Life - A Novel
by Lee, Chang-rae
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 1573221465
- ISBN 13
- 9781573221467
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Riverhead Books, 1999. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/very good. Brown hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Tony with best wishes always, Chang-rae Lee." A very good copy with bruising at the spine ends and light wear at the corners. Text clean and unmarked, binding solid. Unclipped dustjacket clean and attractive with ruffling at the head of the spine and minor shelf-wear at the folds. 356 pp.
Synopsis
A Gesture Life is a novel written by Chang-Rae Lee which takes the form of a narrative of an elderly physician who remembers treating Korean comfort women for the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
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- Bookseller
- Tangible Tales (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 526
- Title
- A Gesture Life - A Novel
- Author
- Lee, Chang-rae
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1573221465
- ISBN 13
- 9781573221467
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Fiction Literature Signed First Editions Japanese American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; FICTION / Literary;
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