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At once a memoir of coming-of-age, an account of a journey, and a dazzling exposition of the English language, A Time of Gifts is also a portrait of a continent already showing ominous signs of the holocaust to come.
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ISBN-13: | 9781590175170 |
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Publisher: | New York Review Books |
Publication date: | 09/14/2011 |
Series: | New York Review Books Classics Series |
Sold by: | Penguin Random House Publisher Services |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 344 |
Sales rank: | 161,452 |
File size: | 606 KB |
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