Buy this book on-line Kometani, Foumiko : Passover ; A Guest From AfarCarroll & Graf Publishers Inc., New York, 1989 ISBN 0881845094
FIRST PRINTING of the First American Edition (stated). Two short novels which won Japan's prestigious Akutagawa literary prize, translated into English by the author: 'Passover' presenting the life of a young women marrying an American Jew in order to escape the strictures of Japanese customary marriage, only to find the strictures and formalities of Judaism even more stifling. 'A Guest From Afar' portraying the heartbreak of a family struggling to care for a brain-damaged child day in and day out and all the emotional pain that ensues. Hardcover with dust jacket, 148pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Kometani, Foumiko : Passover ; A Guest From Afar. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, livres rares, rare books, atlases and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |