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A Severed Wasp
by L'Engle, Madeleine
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0374517835
- ISBN 13
- 9780374517830
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. BF2 - A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated white wraps with very light yellowing on the outside paper edges plus the is some light creasing on the spine plus there is some very, very light edge wear around the covers' edges. A novel set in New York city. The main character, a woman in her 70s and a concert pianist, has retired to New York City. An encounter with an old friend leads to her giving a benefit at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine which in turn leads to new friendships and her involvement in the life in and around the Cathedral. By the author of "A Swiftly Tilting Planet," "Wrinkle in Time," "A Wind in the Door," "The Irrational Season," "A Circle of Quiet," and "The Arm of the Starfish." 388p. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
A Severed Wasp, is a novel by Madeleine L'Engle. It continues the story of a pianist, Katherine Forrester, who was first seen in The Small Rain. Now a widow in her seventies, Katherine Forrester Vigneras returns to New York City in retirement from concert touring in Europe. There she encounters Felix Bodeway, an old friend from her Greenwich Village days, who is now the retired Episcopal Bishop of New York. He asks Katherine to give a benefit concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
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- Title
- A Severed Wasp
- Author
- L'Engle, Madeleine
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0374517835
- ISBN 13
- 9780374517830
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Fiction Literary Fiction Historical Literature Survivor Holocaust Survivors Holocaust Pianist Pianists Biography Composer Composers Music History Musician Musicians Cathedral Divine John Saint St
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Trade Paperback
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- 12mo
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- Jacket
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