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The Straw Man
by Giono, Jean
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0865470715
- ISBN 13
- 9780865470712
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: North Point Press, 1982. BG3 - A tight, clean, sound copy in yellow wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus some fading of the spine and fading along the spine edges plus some very light creasing of the cover plus a remainder mark on the top outside paper edges plus some light foxing of the top outside paper edges. Translated from the French by Phyllis Johnson. A continuation of "The Horseman on the Roof." The main character, the patriot Angelo, is set wandering through the epidemic of revolution that swept northern Italy in the spring of 1848. He is a pationate but somewhat anive Italian nobleman who plots to overthrow the Austrian yoke upon Italy. This is a novel of adventure told with subtlety and vitality that also looks at human ambitions and passions against a broad canvas of an epic tale. By the author of "The Horseman on the Roof," the basis for the movie by the same name. 461p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Remainder.
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- Bookseller
- Bookmarc's
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SCW02806
- Title
- The Straw Man
- Author
- Giono, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0865470715
- ISBN 13
- 9780865470712
- Publisher
- North Point Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Literature Literary Fiction Italy French Author
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction: Historical; Literature / French Literature;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Trade Paperback
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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