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Classical in form, spare, earnest and contemplative.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Anne Tyler
- First published
- December 15, 1983
- Pages
- 314
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House, Berkley Books, 1983, c1982., A.A. Knopf
- Editions
- 49
- Language
- Polish, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9781446426715
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First sentence
“Al borde de la muerte Perla Tull tuvo una extrana ocurrencia.”
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