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Accepting a seemingly small task from his Parisian girlfriend while vacationing in Shanghai, a European man experiences a series of existential complications ...
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nytimes published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Others 156 Pages
- ISBN-10: 156478567X
- ISBN-13: 9781564785671
- Publisher: Dalkey Archive Pr
- Pub date: Nov 10, 2009
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9781564785671 | Others | $12.95 | $9.88 | The Book Depository |
Shanghai Express
Jean-Philippe Toussaint’s wonderfully stylized new novel, “Running Away,” begins with a question: “Would it ever end with Marie?” That’s only fitting for a book that leaves so much unanswered — we never learn the narrator’s name or occupation or, ind ... (read full critics)