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New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Award Winning Author Ayanna Lloyd Banwo. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. A New (Pristine Condition) copy in a New (Pristine Condition) dust jacket, a tight copy that was purchased new and never read. U.K. First Edition-First Printing with a short number line ending with a 1. Signed, signature only, on a Publisher's special designed, inserted page, which looks similar to the Title page, but is not, by Award Winning Author Ayanna Lloyd Banwo. "When We Were Birds" is a mythic love story set in Trinidad and Tobago, where a gravedigger and a mysterious, powerful young woman are drawn together when the worlds of the dead and the living collide in Trinidad. "When We Were Birds" is a spellbinding novel about inheritance, loss, and love's seismic power to heal. It is a remarkable story that blends urban reality and Caribbean infused magical realism. This debut novel was the Winner of the 2023 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award and was shortlisted for the 2023 Jhalak Prize. Rest assured, this collectible copy is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.
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Seller's Description:
New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Award Winning Author Ayanna Lloyd Banwo. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. A New (Pristine Condition) copy in a New (Pristine Condition) dust jacket; a tight copy that was bought new and never read. U.K. First Edition-First Printing with a short number line ending with a 1. This is an attractive Limited-Edition Copy # 1, 479 of 1, 500 copies, with sprayed blue page edges, and with a white decorative floral design on the foredge. Signed by Award Winning Author Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, signature only, on the Publisher's Limitation Page (which is a separate page from the Title page). "When We Were Birds" is a mythic love story set in Trinidad, where a gravedigger and a mysterious, powerful young women are drawn together when the worlds of the dead and the living collide in the aforementioned Trinidad. Kirkus Reviews describes the novel as "A remarkable story that blends urban reality and Caribbean-infused magical realism." This debut novel was the Winner of the 2023 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award and was shortlisted for The Jhalak Prize in 2023. Rest assured, this collectible copy is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.