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Earnest, contemporary, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Joan Slonczewski
- First published
- 1986
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- Blackstone Audiobooks, Blackstone Audio, Inc., Arbor House
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- Italian, English
- ISBN
- 9781429963657
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First sentence
“MERWEN REACHED OVER the boat rail, but her hand froze above the weathered pier.”
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