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TURN OF MIND
by Laplante, Alice
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0802119778
- ISBN 13
- 9780802119773
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2011. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed slipcased first edition of LaPlante's debut novel, a murder mystery complicated by its protagonist's incipient dementia, issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature (Claire Messud, George Saunders, Michael Chabon, Annie Proulx, Donna Tartt, J.M. Coetzee, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, Siri Hustvedt) and publishing (McSweeney's, Graywolf, Algonquin). Installments commonly include a signed and slipcased recent release, as well as one or more promotional titles (usually ARCs or the like, but sometimes advance excerpts). 9'' x 6''. Original black cloth. In original unclipped ($24.00) dust jacket. In original blue cloth publisher's slipcase. 307, [1] pages. With original INDIESPENSABLE booklet. Signed by LaPlante on title page. Minimal edgewear.
Synopsis
ALICE LAPLANTE teaches creative writing at San Francisco State University and Stanford University, where she has a Wallace Stegner fellowship. Her accolades include a Transatlantic Review fiction prize. She has been published in Epoch , Southwestern Review , and other literary journals, and her nonfiction has appeared in Forbes ASAP , Discover and BusinessWeek . She has written four books of nonfiction. This is her first novel. She lives in Palo Alto, California.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50136
- Title
- TURN OF MIND
- Author
- Laplante, Alice
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0802119778
- ISBN 13
- 9780802119773
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- Woman Author,21st century,US American,Mystery
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