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Classical in form, earnest, prestige and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- David Bezmozgis
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 147
- Publisher
- RB Large Print, Jonathan Cape, C. Bourgois
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780002005685
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