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The Smoking Book.

The Smoking Book is a dreamlike structure built on the solid foundation of two questions: how does it feel to smoke, and what does smoking mean? Lesley Stern, in an innovative, hybrid form of writing, muses on these questions through intersecting stories and essays that connect, expand, and contract...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stern, Lesley
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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