How Beautiful We Were: A Novel
by Mbue, Imbolo
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0593132440
- ISBN 13
- 9780593132449
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2022. First Trade Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 7x5x1. Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2022, in Near Fine Condition. Cover design by Jaya Miceli. Bright, clean, unmarked, solid book. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa where people l ive in fear of environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. A masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghost of colonialism, comes up against one community's determination to hold on to its ancestral land and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for her people's freedom. 364 pp. 8vo. 2022, Random House Trade Paperbacks. ISBN10: 0593132440, ISBN13: 9780593132449
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029184
- Title
- How Beautiful We Were: A Novel
- Author
- Mbue, Imbolo
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0593132440
- ISBN 13
- 9780593132449
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Date Published
- 2022
- Size
- 7x5x1
- Keywords
- AFRICA AMERICAN OIL COMPANIES PIELINES COLONIALISM EXPLOITATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Historical Novel;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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