Birds of Paradise
by Abu-Jaber, Diana
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/As New
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at title page, being inscribed "For Chris, you have a great Dad." Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. A 13-yearold street kid in Miami and his scrounging for food and livelihood, drugs and shelter, reveals "Miami's real estate boom and gentrification, politics of food and sugar, teen culture and the ebbs and flows of marriage" (according to the jacket blurb). Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Justifiable P.E.N. Center U.S.A. Award for Literary Fiction in 2012, being the Portland, Oregon-based author's fourth novel. 362 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 351470
- Title
- Birds of Paradise
- Author
- Abu-Jaber, Diana
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- signed|Diana Abu-Jaber
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