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This is a book of transformations. From the cigar-smoke-and-mirrors world of casino life, to the collection's title character morphing into a goat-man before the narrator's eyes, to a family drama upended by a miniature dinosaur in the backyard, the author writes about life-changing events...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
2013.
©2013 |
| Colección: | Drue Heinz Literature Prize
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t The old priest -- |t Snow behind the door -- |t The city of gold -- |t Jack Frost -- |t Upstairs room -- |t Have you seen this girl? -- |t The unexamined life -- |t The burnie-can. |
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