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AMRiiKA
by Vassanji, M G
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- F/F
- ISBN 10
- 0771087233
- ISBN 13
- 9780771087233
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto : Mclelland and Stewart , 1999 . First Edition . F/F . 8VO . SIGNED by the author on the title page. A fine copy in like unpriceclipped jacket.
Synopsis
M. G. Vassanji was born in Kenya and raised in Tanzania. Before coming to Canada in 1978, he attended M.I.T., and later was writer-in-residence at the University of Iowa in their prestigious International Writing Program. Vassanji’s fiction to date comprises five novels and a book of short stories: The Gunny Sack (1989), which won a Regional Commonwealth Writers Prize; No New Land (1991); Uhuru Street (short stories, 1992); The Book of Secrets (1994), a national bestseller and the winner of the inaugural Giller Prize; Amriika (1999); and, most recently, The In-Between World of Vikram Lall (2003), which won The Giller Prize. Vassanji was awarded the Harbourfront Festival Prize in 1994, in recognition of his achievement in and contribution to the world of letters, and was in that same year chosen as one of twelve Canadians on Maclean’s Honour Roll. M. G. Vassanji lives in Toronto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Neil Williams, Bookseller
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16849
- Title
- AMRiiKA
- Author
- Vassanji, M G
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0771087233
- ISBN 13
- 9780771087233
- Publisher
- Mclelland and Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 412 pp.
- Keywords
- Canadian Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Literature;
- Size
- 8VO
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Neil Williams, Bookseller
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Victoria, British Columbia
About Neil Williams, Bookseller
We have been buying and selling on the Internet since 1992, full- time since 1998. We started as collectors of children's and illustrated books and this is still our largest specialty. We pride ourselves on the quality of our stock and our commitment to the contentment of our customers.
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