ISBN: 9780312135201 - in a glass house (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. After a harrowing voyage from Italy, during which his mother died, seven-year-old Vittorio arrives in Canada with his newborn half-sister, and is reunited with his estranged father, a dark, isolated, and angry figure he hardly knows. The story that follows spans two decades of Vittorio's life within an immigrant Italian farming community in Southwestern Ontario, through his university years, and then into Africa where he goes to teach. At the centre of Vittorio's existence is his strained relationship with his father and with his half-sister, Rita. In a Glass House is a haunting tale about perseverance and longed-for redemption. Ricci juxtaposes the intimate, complex world of family, with its shadowy intricate web of alliances, against the dislocations of the immigrant experience. The result is a richly textured and memorable novel.…

Zustand: Good. Reprint. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Reprint. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of the first U.S. edition, with full number line. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy with price ($22.00) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Very light fading to top edge of jacket, of an otherwise very nice copy.…

Hardcover. Octavo, 275 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine ivory beige with black lettering. Dust jacket exterior shows mild wear including minor wear to the edges. Boards show very slight wear with light sunning to the head/tail edges. Very mild tilt to the spine. Text block has faint age toning to the edges. Pictorial end papers. Minor notations to the rear end paper. First Picador USA edition, first printing. Inscribed. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K, ND-K. 1381085. FP New Rockville Stock. First Picador USA Edition, First Printing.…

Zustand: Good. Cover leicht verschmutzt.