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"In these fourteen essays, André Aciman, one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, dissects the experience of loss, moving from his forced departure from Alexandria as a teenager, through his brief stay in Europe, and finally to the home he's made (and half-invented) on Manhattan's Upper West Side."--Back cover.

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Full title :False papers / André Aciman.

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"In these fourteen essays, André Aciman, one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, dissects the experience of loss, moving from his forced departure from Alexandria as a teenager, through his brief stay in Europe, and finally to the home he's made (and half-invented) on Manhattan's Upper West Side."--Back cover.

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Publication Date:2001.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Distributed by Holtzbrinck Publishers, Picador/Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2001.

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Description:182 pages ; : 21 cm

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ISBN:0312420056, 9780312420055
oclc:ocm54538749
LC Classification:F128.9.J5
Dewey Decimal:814

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