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Contemplative, spare, intimate and prestige.
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- John Banville
- First published
- 1989
- Pages
- 219
- Publisher
- Actes Sud, Vintage Books, Scribner's
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9782742706969
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