Waterland
by Swift, Graham
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671498630
- ISBN 13
- 9780671498634
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Poseidon Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Swift on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.95). Quarter grey cloth with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Swift's Booker Prize-nominated novel about an aging history teacher who "abandons his formal lessons to tell his students stories of his native Fenland, an ambiguous, amphibious domain where past and present intermingle, where the drama of loss and reclamation is written in the landscape." Adapted into the film starring Jeremy Irons.
Synopsis
Graham Swift is the author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning Last Orders. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in London, England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10083
- Title
- Waterland
- Author
- Swift, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671498630
- ISBN 13
- 9780671498634
- Publisher
- Poseidon Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- British Literature, English Literature, Modern Literature, 20th Century Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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