- Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, historical
A dazzling masterpiece of literary historical fiction, Dreamland delivers a sweeping yet intimate portrait of immigrant New York in the early part of the twentieth century.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and meticulous.
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- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Kevin Baker
- First published
- January 1, 1999
- Pages
- 588
- Publisher
- Granta Books, HarperCollinsPublishers, Droemersche Verlagsanstalt
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9780061030826
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