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The Stones Cry Out
by Okuizumi, Hikaru
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151003653
- ISBN 13
- 9780151003655
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc., 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1999 Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc. First US Edition, stated. First printing. Full letter line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover has brown textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decoration. Translated from the Japanese by James Westerhoven. 138 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Translation of: Ishi no raireki. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
Synopsis
At the end of World War II, Tsuyoshi Manase returns to civilian life, runs a bookstore, marries, and has two sons. Despite his efforts to maintain an ordered existence and suppress a troubled conscience, his past as a solider insinuates itself in Manase’s life in this haunting tale of guilt, memory, and expiation. Winner of Japan’s prestigious Akutagawa Prize. Translated by James Westerhoven.
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Details
- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11741
- Title
- The Stones Cry Out
- Author
- Okuizumi, Hikaru
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151003653
- ISBN 13
- 9780151003655
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Fiction,Japan
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Japan;
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