About this title: A QUIET LIFE is narrated by Ma-Chan, a young woman who finds herself caught up in an unusual family situation. Her father is a brilliant and famous novelist; her older brother, though severely brain-damaged, is a gifted composer; and her mother's life is consumed with caring for both of them. Both Ma-Chan and her brother feel effectively outside this oddly structured nuclear family. But when her father goes abroad as a visiting professor, Ma-Chan finds herself suddenly at the head of a household and at the center of a network of dependencies she must begin to redefine.
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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
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Description: Very Good. 0802115977 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Description: Very Good. 0802115977 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Description: Very Good. 0802135463 scuffing to covers and edges books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Description: Very Good. 0802135463 some soiling and wear, small tear at top spine edge books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Description: Very Good. 0802135463 some wear to covers and edges, some scuffing, small tear at top spine books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Edition: F First Paperback Edition Has Small Pub Remainder Mark
Binding: S Trade Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press, 1990, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780802135469ISBN:0802135463
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Book by the 1994 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. Has Small Pub Remainder Mark. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780802115973ISBN:0802115977
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. This quiet, subtle novel is narrated by Ma-Chan, a young woman of twenty who finds herself in charge of her two brothers when her famous father--based to some extent on the author--takes the mother with him on his visiting professorship at an American university. Her older brother called Eeyore is a challange to take care of; he is mentally handicapped but gifted in musical composition. Although the father is away, in some ways the book is ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove [, New York
Date Published: 1996]
ISBN-13:9780802115973ISBN:0802115977
Description: First Edition in U.S. Translated from Japanese by Kunioki Yanagishita & William Wetherall. Hardcover, fine in fine dust jacket. [Novel] ISBN 0802115977. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, NY
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780802115973ISBN:0802115977
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0802115977. Translated from the Japanese by Kunioki Yanagishita and William Wetherall. First printing thus. Remainder dot on bottom edge, else fine in an about fine dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Pr
ISBN-13:9780802115973ISBN:0802115977
Description: Very Good. DJ. 0802115977 First Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE+ dust-jacket. NOT marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT remaindered. NOT faded. NOT book club edition. NOT ex-library. Copy has small coffee stain on front end paper and leading edge of pages, Slight crinkling to top edge of DJ. All of our dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective book jacket covers. read more
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