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Salamander
by Thomas Wharton
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0771088337
- ISBN 13
- 9780771088339
- Seller
-
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
McClelland and Stewart, Canada, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Hardcover. 371 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: McClelland and Stewart, Canada, 2001. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in as new condition and comes in as new dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. This book is an unread copy. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Nicholas Flood, an unassuming eighteenth-century London printer, specializes in novelty books -- books that nestle into one another, books comprised of one spare sentence, books that emit the sounds of crashing waves. When his work captures the attention of an eccentric Slovakian count, Flood is summoned to a faraway castle -- a moving labyrinth that embodies the count's obsession with puzzles -- where he is commissioned to create the infinite book, the ultimate never-ending story. Probing the nature of books, the human thirst for knowledge, and the pursuit of immortality, Salamander careens through myth and metaphor as Flood travels the globe in search of materials for the elusive book without end. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0771088337. ISBN/EAN: 9780771088339. Inventory No: 09090259.. 9780771088339
Synopsis
Thomas Wharton was born in northern Alberta. His acclaimed first novel, Icefields (1995), won the regional Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (Caribbean and Canada), the Writers Guild of Alberta Best First Book Award, and the Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize. Salamander (2001) was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Governor General’s Award. His work has been anthologized in Canada and the US. Wharton lives in Edmonton with his wife, Sharon, and their three children. He is at work on his next novel. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09090259
- Title
- Salamander
- Author
- Thomas Wharton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771088337
- ISBN 13
- 9780771088339
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; Salamander
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical; Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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Traralgon, Victoria
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