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The Blue Bedspread

The Blue Bedspread

The Blue Bedspread
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The Blue Bedspread

by Jha, Raj Kamal

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Condition
Very Good +/No DJ
ISBN 10
0156010887
ISBN 13
9780156010887
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1999. Edition Not Specified. Very Good +/No DJ. 12mo = 7-9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Trade paperback. Clean interior and exterior. No highlights or markings in text. Strong and tight binding.

Synopsis

In the middle of a steamy Calcutta night the phone rings. An unnamed man in a city of millions answers to a voice telling him that his long-lost sister is dead. He must go to the hospital to identify the body and claim his sister's orphaned newborn daughter until she can be adopted the next day. During the long hot night, the baby sleeps on a bedspread that used to be indigo blue, but has faded to almost white. As the child lies where the man and his sister used to sleep as children, he quietly writes stories for her, telling of his own childhood full of intensity, anguish, and poetry. He doesn't know his place in the world, but with the help of these stories, the baby someday might. Raj Kamal Jha's ethereal, poetic prose echoes the loneliness of the human condition.

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Bookseller
Heritage Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
F53658
Title
The Blue Bedspread
Author
Jha, Raj Kamal
Illustrator
n/a
Book Condition
Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition
No DJ
Edition
Edition Not Specified
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0156010887
ISBN 13
9780156010887
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1999
Pages
217pp
Size
12mo = 7-9"
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Our bookshop is located in the historic town library building of Southampton, Massachusetts. Southampton lies within the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts with a view of Pomeroy Mountain to the West and Mt. Tom to the North. It is situated between the artistic, vibrant communities of Easthampton and Northampton and the city of Westfield. We have a collection of over 40,000 books with many more waiting to be unboxed and squeezed onto our shelves. The large double-door front entrance will lead you to our main floor where we hold a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles, as well as a good selection of scarce and rare editions. The original fireplace is surrounded by hardbacks and you can peer out the original nine-foot windows. Take the staircase to the basement and you will find our large children's section and many shelves full of paperbacks. Our physical address is 225 College Highway/Route 10. Our mailing address is 241 College Highway & Clark St. P.O. Box 100 Southampton, MA 01073. The store hours indicated are by appointment only Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday you can stop in. Please call to schedule an appointment if you can't make it to the store on the weekends from 11 am to 3 pm.

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