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Strong Motion
by Franzen, Jonathan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0374271054
- ISBN 13
- 9780374271053
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374271054 . "Strong Motion is a novel about earthquakes, love, the environment, and growing up. Louis Holland, a twenty-three-year-old whose irony and wounded idealism mark him as a member of the Nowhere Generation, comes to Boston in the spring of the year that a series of earthquakes rocks the North Shore." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed and loose. Moderate edge wear. Bumps on top corners. Small bumps on spine ends and bottom corners. Faint soiling to edges of pages. Otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has moderate edge and shelf wear. Small creases on corners and spine ends. 1/3-inch tear on top left corner of back cover. Slightly yellowed. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 508 pages .
Synopsis
Strong Motion is a 1992 novel by Jonathan Franzen, the author's second novel. The novel was noted by reviewers for its impassioned social criticism, the thoroughness of its research, and its treatment of controversial themes such as abortion, feminism, corporate malfeasance, exploitative capitalism, etc.
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32336
- Title
- Strong Motion
- Author
- Franzen, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374271054
- ISBN 13
- 9780374271053
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- 0374271054
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