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The Ministry of Special Cases
by Englander, Nathan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0375404937
- ISBN 13
- 9780375404931
- Seller
-
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition. Very good or better in like jacket. Signed by author on title page and ownership signature of author John Metcalf on FFEP. Black paper on boards with very minor bumps to foot of spine and bottom edge of front board. Minor edgewear to jacket at top corners near flaps and at head of spine. Else, a tight and clean copy.
Synopsis
From its unforgettable opening scene in the darkness of a forgotten cemetery in Buenos Aires, Nathan Englander's debut novel The Ministry of Special Cases casts a powerful spell. In the heart of Argentina's Dirty War, Kaddish Poznan struggles with a son who won't accept him; strives for a wife who forever saves him; and spends his nights protecting the good name of a community that denies his existence. When the nightmare of the disappeared children brings the Poznan family to its knees, they are thrust into the unyielding corridors of the Ministry of Special Cases, a terrifying, byzantine refuge of last resort. Through the devastation of a single family, Englander brilliantly captures the grief of a nation.From the Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Biblioasis
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013310
- Title
- The Ministry of Special Cases
- Author
- Englander, Nathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375404937
- ISBN 13
- 9780375404931
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 339
- X weight
- 0 kg
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have a large selection of history, literature, philosophy, art, music, religion,
science, and technical books.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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