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Faber Book of Contemporary Stories About Childhood Lorrie Moore
Faber Book of Contemporary Stories About Childhood
Lorrie Moore
An anthology of stories about childhood. Contemporary writers present the innocence and knowingness of a child's-eye view as it confronts the contradictions and hypocrisies of the adult world. Each story is told by a child character or by the adult who was that child.
432 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 5, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780571192014 |
| Publishers | Faber & Faber |
| Pages | 432 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 350 g |
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