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Mara and Dann: An Adventure
by Doris Lessing
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- clean pages, tight binding, clea/original dust jacket over cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0060182946
- ISBN 13
- 9780060182946
- Seller
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Slingerlands, New York, United States
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About This Item
Harper flamingo, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. clean pages, tight binding, clea/original dust jacket over cloth . 6x1x10. First edition stated with full number line.clean pages, tight binding, clean boards, original dust jacket, original dust jacket over cloth boards
Synopsis
Thousands of years in the future, all the northern hemisphere is buried under the ice and snow of a new Ice Age. At the southern end of a large landmass called Ifrik, two children of the Mahondi people, seven-year old Mara and her younger brother, Dann, are abducted from their home in the middle of the night. Raised as outsiders in a poor rural village, Mara and Dann learn to survive the hardships and dangers of a life threatened as much by an unforgiving climate and menacing animals as by a hostile community of Rock People. Eventually they join the great human migration North, away from the drought that is turning the southern land to dust, and in search of a place with enough water and food to support human life. Traveling across the continent, the siblings enter cities rife with crime, power struggles, and corruption, learning as much about human nature as about how societies function. With a clear-eyed vision of the human condition, Mara and Dann is imaginative fiction at its best.
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Details
- Bookseller
- HGG Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0060182946
- Title
- Mara and Dann: An Adventure
- Author
- Doris Lessing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - clean pages, tight binding, clea
- Jacket Condition
- original dust jacket over cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060182946
- ISBN 13
- 9780060182946
- Publisher
- Harper flamingo
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 6x1x10
- X weight
- 32 oz
Terms of Sale
HGG Books
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About the Seller
HGG Books
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Slingerlands, New York
About HGG Books
Antiquarian and collectible bookseller specializing in illustrated and art books. We handle both older and modern books, but all are considered to have artistic value.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Number Line
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- First Edition
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