Set in the nation's capital, this collection of short stories presents eloquent, bittersweet portraits of African-American life in Washington, D.C. Each story seems in itself to be a short novel in which the characters struggle against the limits of their city to put off the loss of family, friends, memories, and ultimately, themselves.
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Set in the nation's capital, this collection of short stories presents eloquent, bittersweet portraits of African-American life in Washington, D.C. Each story seems in itself to be a short novel in which the characters struggle against the limits of their city to put off the loss of family, friends, memories, and ultimately, themselves.
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Seller's Description:
FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. HAS A SMALL HOLE AT THE REAR FLAP FOLD, A FEW PIN-PRICKS ALONG THE FRONT FORE-EDGE FOLD, SOME LIGHT WEAR AT CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS WITH A TRACE OF LOSS AT A COUPLE OF FORE-EDGE CORNERS, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.
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Very good(-) in very good jacket. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w., lower corners of boards lightly bumped. New York: William Morrow, (1992). First Edition Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper.
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FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK WITH A SIGNED BOOKPLATE OF "HEARTLAND LITERARY SOCIETY" CHICAGO. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. 250 pages. First Edition. His first book, a collection of short stories about working class African-Americans in Washington D.C. Winner of the 1993 Hemingway/PEN Award and a finalist for the 1992 National Book Award. Fine in fine dustjacket.
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Chan, Amos. 8vo, pp. 250. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Two leaves with upper corners dog-eared, two pages soiled, o/w a VG copy in scuffed dj. The author's first book. It won the PEN Hemingway Foundation Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award.
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FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.
