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Going Native: A Novel  - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Going Native: A Novel - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Going Native: A Novel  - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Going Native: A Novel - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Wright, Stephen

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ISBN 13
9780374164904
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0374164908 . A smart first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with minor edgewear and a small closed tear to upper rear; In Wright's debut novel, Going Native, a young woman, Pia, leaves her life in Boston to relocate to the remote and impoverished island of Tanna in the Vanuatu archipelago. Pia is an artist and a recent college graduate who is searching for a new way to express herself. She quickly realizes that the island is not what she expected. The people are friendly and welcoming, but the landscape is harsh and the culture is steeped in tradition. Pia is quickly pulled into the community and the cultural rhythms of the island. She falls in love with Tanna and the people she meets there, but she is also challenged by the island's customs and traditions. Going Native is a story of transformation, of finding oneself in a new and unfamiliar place. It is also a story of love, of the power of connection to another person and to a place.; 8vo; 305 pages .

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Stephen Wright is the author of Meditations in Green , M31: A Family Romance , and Going Native .

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Going Native: A Novel - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author
Wright, Stephen
Format/Binding
1/4 Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0374164908
ISBN 13
9780374164904
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1994
Keywords
Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Vannoy

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