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Some time ago, Rafi Zabor sat down to write a brief account of 1986. That was the year after his parents died, the year he intended to leave Brooklyn, buy a used car, and drive it across Europe to his golden destination, Istanbul. But like Zabor's journey, this 'brief account' took on a direction of its own - through the shtetl of his father's childhood, via the music of John Coltrane, in the company of a raggle-taggle collection of chancers, dreamers, misfits and magicians. Sitting in the passenger seat, the reader is taken on a mad, exhilarating, beautiful drive, encountering life and death, and a little piece of what lies beyond. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
A narrative about a Brooklyn native who sets out after the death of his parents to make a trip across Europe to Turkey, but instead finds himself drawn back into the past, taking the reader with him into the fractious world of his extended family, a raggle-taggle collection of chancers, misfits and magicians.
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Anbieter: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: New. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mon0000840556
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Anbieter: Sapphire Books, Peterborough, CAMBS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Soft cover. Zustand: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published In 2006 : 1st. Edition : 1st. Printing : Full Printing Numbers Listed , 1 - 9 : Portobello Books : Tall Paperback Format : & Quite Heavy : Overall , A Very Nice Book : Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 21 - 9963
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