The Lone Woman by Atxaga, Bernardo

Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

hc. Fair. Obviously worn, but no text pages missing. May have highlighting and marginalia, but markings do not interfere with readability. Textbooks do not have accompanying CDs or access codes. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC.

London. 1999. Harvill Press. 1st British Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 1860464211. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. 160 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Richard Haughton. keywords: Literature Spain Basque Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Thirty-seven-year-old Irene is just out of prison after a four-year sentence for terrorist involvement. On her first night of freedom, she wanders from bar to bar, picks up a stranger, and spends the night with him in a hotel. He treats her badly; she attacks him and escapes. She decides to return to her native Bilbao, and while waiting at the bus stop in Barcelona, she is approached by a man she believes to be a plainclothes policeman. By attaching herself to two nuns, she manages to board the bus without him, and her journey begins. Other passengers on the bus include another plainclothes policeman, who is joined by the first farther down the line. Conversations strike up, and there begins an intricate game of hide-and-seek between… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.