About this title: Eleven-year-old Claudio must cope with his grief when his older friend, a painter, commits suicide. To help him come to terms with his friend's death, Claudio reminisces about their friendship and even becomes friends with the painter's married, and grieving, mistress.
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. [1987]. OP (hardcover). Translated by Giovanni Pontiero. 85 pages. Cloth and boards (hardcover). The book has light shelf wear. The dust jacket has light edge wear, rubbing and soiling (not bad)... read more
Edition: 1st Amer, 1991
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace, New York
Date Published: c1987
Description: Christopher DeLorenzo art. fine in fine dj, teal cloth w/ pale blue boards. 85 pgs, translated by Giovanni Pontiero. A young girl adjusts to the suicide of her good friend's death. read more
Description: Nunes, Lygia Bojung., trans. by Goivanni Pontiero., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, nd, c1987, 1st U.S. ? Edition, boards & cloth w/gilt spine titles, vg-fine w/dj, 85 pp, B & W vignette illus., 8vo, 'My friend told me that the more you look at a color the mor. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Young Classics
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780152563400ISBN:0152563407
Description: Ex-library with typical pastings and markings, pages clean & tight, appears unread or lightly read, front free endpaper corner-clipped where library has removed its bar code. 85 pp. Hardcover with dustjacket under library's fused mylar. Summary from cp: A young boy becomes friends with the artist in the apartment upstairs and tries hard to understand when his friend commits suicide. Subjects: Artists, Suicide, Friendship, Brazil, Juvenile Fiction. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780152563400ISBN:0152563407
Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. 1. pp. 85. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780152563400ISBN:0152563407
Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. read more
Description: Fair. 0152563407 Books in acceptable condition may show significant wear and may have lots of writing/underlining. Will be shipped promptly! read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Hardcover. 1st Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. Includes dust jacket. read more
Edition: First American Edition, First Printing
Binding: Half Cloth
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, New York
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780152563400ISBN:0152563407
Description: N/A. Near Fine in Fine Bro Dart jacket. Remainder. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A clean tight book. Unread. Possible smudged red remainder mark on the top edge. No other defects. A very nice copy. 85 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Date Published: 1991-07
ISBN-13:9780152563400ISBN:0152563407
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Description: NEW in NEW jacket. New York Harcourt, Brace c1987. fine in fine dj, teal cloth w/ pale blue boards. 85 pgs translated by Giovanni Pontiero. A young girl adjusts to the suicide of her good friend's death. Illustrated by Christopher DeLorenzo art. 1st Amer, 1991 edition. Binding is hard. ISBN: 0152563407. read more
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