Eva Luna
by Allende, Isabel; Peden, Margaret Sayers (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Extremey gentle rubbing to spine foot, light soiling to fore-edges, exceedingly mild bumping and rubbing to rear corners, bright
- ISBN 10
- 0394572734
- ISBN 13
- 9780394572734
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1988. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Extremey gentle rubbing to spine foot, light soiling to fore-edges, exceedingly mild bumping and rubbing to rear corners, bright pages in tight binding, extremely mild rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, faint soiling to DJ spine and reaar DJ, exceedingly gentle rubbing to DJ corners, else Near Fine(+) in Near Fine(-) DJ. in near fine dust-jacket. Octavo in white DJ, color illus to front DJ, deckle edges, 271 pages, 24 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. An exotic dance that beguiles and entices ... The enchanted and enchanting account of a contemporary Scheherazade, a wide-eyed American teller-of-tales who triumphs over harsh reality through the creative power of her own imagination ... Born in the back room of the mansion where her mother toils, and herself in service from an early age, the enchanting and ever-enchanted Eva Luna escapes oppression through story telling. Rolf Carle flees Germany for South America, and ultimately works as a documentary film maker, to escape childhood memories of burying the concentration camp dead. --Publisher. Spanish fiction -- Translations into English.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92114
- Title
- Eva Luna
- Author
- Allende, Isabel; Peden, Margaret Sayers (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremey gentle rubbing to spine foot, light soiling to fore-edges, exceedingly mild bumping and rubbing to rear corners, bright
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394572734
- ISBN 13
- 9780394572734
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
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