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Warm, spare, contemporary and classical in form.
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Thomas C. Foster
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 325
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, Harper Paperbacks, Harper
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780061259432
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