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One of the most widely admired writers of our time returns us to the captivating play and narrative allure of his previous novels—G. and To the Wedding among them—with a shimmering fiction drawn from chapters of his own life. One hot afternoon in Lisbon, our narrator, John, finds his mother,... read more
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First Sentence edit
In the centre of a square in Lisboa there is a tree called a Lusitanian (which is to say, Portuguese) cypress.
Table of Contents edit
1 Lisboa
2 Genève
3 Kraków
4 Some Fruit as Remembered by the Dead
5 Islington
6 Le Pont d'Arc
7 Madrid
8 The Szum and the Ching
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Authors & Contributors edit
- John Berger (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1400079330
Page Count: 256
Publisher: Vintage
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1400079330
Page Count: 256
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- Dewey: 823.914
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