Nobel Prize-winner Kenzaburo Oe is one of the most original and important writers of our time, and nowhere is his genius more evident that in A Quiet Life--an uncanny blend of the real with the imagined, of memoir with fiction. The book is narrated by Ma-Chan, a young woman caught up in an unusual family situation. Her father is a famous novelist and her older brother, although severely brain damaged, posseses a magical gift for music.
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Nobel Prize-winner Kenzaburo Oe is one of the most original and important writers of our time, and nowhere is his genius more evident that in A Quiet Life--an uncanny blend of the real with the imagined, of memoir with fiction. The book is narrated by Ma-Chan, a young woman caught up in an unusual family situation. Her father is a famous novelist and her older brother, although severely brain damaged, posseses a magical gift for music.
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Add this copy of A Quiet Life to cart. $5.09, good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1996 by Grove Pr.
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Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x5x0; Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs & light soiling. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Author won the Nobel Prize in 1994. This novel was first published in Japanese 1990. Fine copy in unclipped Fine DJ (As New condition); in plastic protector. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0802115977. Translated from the Japanese by Kunioki Yanagishita and William Wetherall. First printing thus. Remainder dot on bottom edge, else fine in an about fine dust jacket.
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