Verlag: Vintage, 2012
ISBN 10: 030773997X ISBN 13: 9780307739971
Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Verlag: Vintage, 2012
ISBN 10: 030773997X ISBN 13: 9780307739971
Zustand: Good. Good condition. 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.
Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012
ISBN 10: 030773997X ISBN 13: 9780307739971
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012
ISBN 10: 030773997X ISBN 13: 9780307739971
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Zustand: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012
ISBN 10: 030737937X ISBN 13: 9780307379375
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Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012
ISBN 10: 030737937X ISBN 13: 9780307379375
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
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Zustand: Good. First Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: Granta Books, United Kingdom, London, 2013
ISBN 10: 1847086241 ISBN 13: 9781847086242
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A terrible epidemic has struck the country and the sound of children's speech has become lethal. Radio transmissions from strange sources indicate that people are going into hiding. All Sam and Claire need to do is look around the neighbourhood: In the park, parents wither beneath the powerful screams of their children. At night, suburban side streets become routes of shameful escape for fathers trying to get outside the radius of affliction. With Claire nearing collapse, it seems their only means of survival is to flee from their daughter, Esther, who laughs at her parents' sickness, unaware that in just a few years she, too, will be susceptible to the language toxicity. But Sam and Claire find it isn't so easy to leave the daughter they still love, even as they waste away from her malevolent speech. On the eve of their departure, Claire mysteriously disappears, and Sam, determined to find a cure for this new toxic language, presses on alone into a world beyond recognition. The Flame Alphabet invites the question: what is left of civilization when we lose the ability to communicate with those we love? Both morally engaged and wickedly entertaining, a gripping page-turner as strange as it is moving, this intellectual horror story ensures Ben Marcus's position in the first rank of American novelists. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Vintage, 2012
ISBN 10: 030773997X ISBN 13: 9780307739971
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Granta Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1847086241 ISBN 13: 9781847086242
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Verlag: Granta, 2013
ISBN 10: 1847086241 ISBN 13: 9781847086242
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Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A few small marks or stains to the page edges/pages . Minor shelf wear.
Verlag: Granta, 2013
ISBN 10: 1847086241 ISBN 13: 9781847086242
Anbieter: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Verlag: Granta Books, United Kingdom, London, 2012
ISBN 10: 1847086225 ISBN 13: 9781847086228
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The speech of children has mutated into a virus which is killing their parents. At first it only affects Jews-then everyone. Living quietly in the suburbs, Sam and Claire's lives are threatened when their daughter, Esther, is infected with the disease. Each word she speaks - whether cruel or kind, banal or loving - is toxic to Sam and Claire. Radio transmissions from strange sources indicate that people across the country are growing increasingly alarmed. But all Sam needs to do is look around the neighborhood: in the park, parents wither beneath the powerful screams of their children. Claire is already stricken and near death. As the contagion spreads, Sam and Claire must leave Esther behind in order to survive. The government enforces quarantine zones, and return to their daughter becomes impossible. Having left his family and escaped from the afflicted cities, Sam finds himself in a government laboratory, where a group of hardened scientists are conducting horrific tests, hoping to create non-lethal speech. What follows is a nightmarish vision of a world which is both completely alien and frighteningly familiar, as Sam presses on alone into a society whose boundaries are fragmenting. Both morally engaged and wickedly entertaining, The Flame Alphabet begs the question: what is left of civilization when we lose the ability to communicate with those we love? The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Knopf, 2012
ISBN 10: 030737937X ISBN 13: 9780307379375
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Zustand: Used - Very Good. 2012. Hardcover. Very Good.
Verlag: Granta, 2012
ISBN 10: 1847086225 ISBN 13: 9781847086228
Anbieter: medimops, Berlin, Deutschland
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Verlag: Granta Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1847086241 ISBN 13: 9781847086242
Anbieter: medimops, Berlin, Deutschland
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Verlag: Granta, 2013
ISBN 10: 1847086241 ISBN 13: 9781847086242
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paperback. Zustand: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.
Verlag: Granta Books Mai 2013, 2013
ISBN 10: 1847086241 ISBN 13: 9781847086242
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Paperback edition of the novel that received exceptional acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic on hardback publication. 'A story with the potential to wound, to shock, and to horrify' 'Boston Globe'.
Verlag: Granta Books, 2012
ISBN 10: 1847086225 ISBN 13: 9781847086228
Anbieter: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Nov 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 030773997X ISBN 13: 9780307739971
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In The Flame Alphabet, the most maniacally gifted writer of our generation delivers a novel about how far we will go in order to protect our loved ones.The sound of children's speech has become lethal. In the park, adults wither beneath the powerful screams of their offspring. For young parents Sam and Claire, it seems their only means of survival is to flee from their daughter, Esther. But they find it isn't so easy to leave someone you love, even as they waste away from her malevolent speech. On the eve of their departure, Claire mysteriously disappears, and Sam, determined to find a cure for this new toxic language, presses on alone into a foreign world to try to save his family.
Verlag: Granta Publications, 2013
ISBN 10: 1847086241 ISBN 13: 9781847086242
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New. In The Flame Alphabet, the most maniacally gifted writer of our generation delivers a work of heartbreak and horror, a novel about how far we will go, and the sorrows we will endure, in order to protect our familiesKlappentextrnrnPaperback e.
Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012
ISBN 10: 030773997X ISBN 13: 9780307739971
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New. Ben Marcus is the author of three books of fiction: The Age of Wire and String, Notable American Women, and The Flame Alphabet, and he is the editor of The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories. His sto.