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Ben Marcus achieved cult status and gained the admiration of his peers with his first book, The Age of Wire and String. With Notable American Women he goes well beyond that first achievement to create something radically wonderful, a novel set in a world so fully imagined that iContinue
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powells published on Mon, 6 Sep 2010
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It had better be big
In an exam I once took we were presented with a passage that began: ‘To see the wind, with a man his eyes, it is impossible, the nature of it is so fine.’ I found that sentence so distractingly meaningless, and lovely, that it was hard to concentrate ... (read full critics)
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- English Books
- Paperback 256 Pages
- Edition: Vintage
- ISBN-10: 0375713786
- ISBN-13: 9780375713781
- Publisher: Vintage
- Pub date: Mar 19, 2002
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 903 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
Prices Change currency & sellers
| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780375713781 | Paperback | $15.00 | $12.82 | bn.com |
| $15.00 | $10.75 | The Book Depository |
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Notable American Women
Review-a-Day Saturday, March 30th, 2002 Notable American Women by Ben Marcus A review by Kevin Sampsell I must admit that I felt a sense of secret discovery when I came across Ben Marcus's first fiction collection, The Age of Wire and String, back in ... (read full critics)