Pig Earth - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
by Berger, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394512685
- ISBN 13
- 9780394512686
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1980. First US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394512685 . A barely edgeworn first Printing of the First Edition in otherwise Fine condition in a like dust-jacket; John Berger's "Pig Earth" is a poetic and visual exploration of the human relationship to the natural world. It tells the story of a man, his family, and their farm in France during the 1930s. The farm is a small, isolated place surrounded by nature and the characters are forced to confront the ways in which they rely on the land and each other for survival.; 8vo; 213 pages .
Synopsis
Pig Earth is the first novel by John Berger in the Into Their Labours trilogy. Once in Europa, and Lilac and Flag followed in the trilogy.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58721
- Title
- Pig Earth - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Berger, John
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First US Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394512685
- ISBN 13
- 9780394512686
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
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