BEAR COMES HOME: A Novel
by Zabor, Rafi [Zaborovsky, Joel]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393040372
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040371
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
The Bear Comes Home is a novel written by Rafi Zabor. It won the 1998 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. It was selected as an alternate for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. The novel tells the story of an alto saxophone-playing bear, his involvement in the jazz subculture, and his pursuit of love, truth and perfection. Musician published the first chapters of The Bear Comes Home, in serialized form, beginning in 1979.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8547
- Title
- BEAR COMES HOME: A Novel
- Author
- Zabor, Rafi [Zaborovsky, Joel]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393040372
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040371
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York/London
- This edition first published
- 1997
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL NOVELS ANIMALS BEARS MUSIC JAZZ MUSICIANS ALTO-SAXOPHONISTS NEW YORK STATE HISTORY NY AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES LITERARY WORKS AUTHORS ZABOR RAFI ZABOROVSKY JOEL 1946
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals; Music;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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