Tells the story of Leila, a nineteen year old woman living on a small Caribbean island in the 1950s. Her subsequent passage to England brings her face to face with the consequences of the decisions she has made to determine her life on her own terms.
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EUR 13,66 per la spedizione da Regno Unito a Italia
Destinazione, tempi e costiDa: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, Regno Unito
Original Black Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Second Impression. 1985. 205pp. "Caryl Phillips's first novel tells the story of Leila, a nineteen-year-old woman living on a small Caribbean island in the 1950s. Unsatisfied with life on the island, Leila decides to leave her friends and follow her mother overseas, taking her restless husband Michael and her young son with her. Her subsequent passage to England brings her face to face with the consequences of the decisions she has made to determine her life on her own terms." Book's pages show signs of browning at edges, otherwise in very good condition with no inscriptions. Jacket unclipped with very light shelf wear. Codice articolo LitPhillips01a
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Da: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. 205p., signed with a brief inscription by the Afro-Caribbean author, previous owner's signature (not the inscribee), very good UK first edition, bright unpriceclipped dj. Unbalanced pH paperstock is browned, foredge has sustained a tiny impact. Phillips' first novel, winner of the Malcolm X Prize. Codice articolo 106313
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Da: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition (SIGNED). Page edges somewhat tanned (as usual - cheap paper) else a fine copy in very fine dustjacket (mylar-protected), & SIGNED on title page. Excellent signed copy of author's first novel, reportedly his scarcest book - small hardback printing - there was a simultaneous softcover issue. Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo 006222
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