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Night Watch (ARC)

by Armstrong, Kevin

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  • Paperback
  • first
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Fine.
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About This Item

Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2002. First book by young Canadian author; a collection of stories, the product of a fifteen month journey in the South Pacific on an 80-foot sailing yacht. One of the stories "The Cane Field" won the 2001 Journey Prize. . First Edition. Wraps. Fine.. Advance Reading Copy.

Synopsis

Kevin Armstrong's stories introduce us to travelers, sailors, and indigenous peoples whose fates are both strange and compellingly familiar. A Tongan boy is raised as a girl and then transplanted to the American Midwest. A desperate widow seeks asylum for her young daughter, only to deliver her into the hands of a sexual predator. A sailor feels at home neither on land nor at sea. Universal themes of love and belonging, distance and distraction tie together these singular stories, each set among the scattered islands of the Pacific Ocean. Magical, haunting, and dislocating, Night Watch hails the arrival of a fresh new voice.

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Seller
Purpora Books CA (CA)
Seller's Inventory #
8980
Title
Night Watch (ARC)
Author
Armstrong, Kevin
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Fine.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Penguin Canada
Place of Publication
Toronto
Date Published
2002
Keywords
Journey Prize

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Purpora Books

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About Purpora Books

Purpora Books is a full-time business specializing in literature first editions, signed copies, poetry broadsides and fine press. Over 50% of our inventory is devoted to Canadian authors. We are committed to finding and providing our customers the nicest and most interesting copies available. Our bookroom is open by appointment - please phone ahead. We are always interested in buying books, from single collectible items to complete libraries.

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