Remembering Babylon
by MALOUF, David
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Chatto & Windus/ Random House, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Sydney, Chatto & Windus/ Random House, 1993 (first Australian edition). Octavo; papered boards very slightly rubbed; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper lightly sunned and creased on the spine, and with a small light stain to the foot of the spine. Signed by the author in ink on the title page.
Synopsis
Remembering Babylon is a book by David Malouf written in 1993. It won the inaugural IMPAC Award and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Award. The novel covers themes of isolation, language, relationships (particularly those between men), community and living on the edge (of society, consciousness, culture).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128088
- Title
- Remembering Babylon
- Author
- MALOUF, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus/ Random House
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1993
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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