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The Chrome Suite
by Birdsell, Sandra
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 077101452X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771014529
- Seller
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Wheatfield, New York, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: M & S. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Wraps. 077101452X . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Inscribed By Author on title page. ; Bump and wear at bottom spine. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Sandra Birdsell was born in Manitoba and, until recently, has spent most of her life in Winnipeg. Her first novel, The Missing Child (1989), won the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Her second novel, The Chrome Suite (1992), and her most recent collection of short fiction, The Two-Headed Calf (1997), were both shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction. Her two previous short story collections, Night Travellers and Ladies of the House , were reissued in 1987 as Agassiz Stories . Her most recent novel, The Russländer (2001), won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Fiction, the Saskatchewan Book Award for Book of the Year, and the Regina Book Award, and was a finalist for the Giller Prize. Sandra Birdsell’s fiction has been anthologized and has appeared in literary journals and Saturday Night magazine. She lives in Regina. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- A Good Read
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17206
- Title
- The Chrome Suite
- Author
- Birdsell, Sandra
- Format/Binding
- Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 077101452X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771014529
- Publisher
- M & S
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- 077101452X
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