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Great house, by Nicole Krauss

Label
Great house, by Nicole Krauss
Language
eng
Form of composition
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Format of music
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
Great house
Medium
compact disc
Music parts
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Oclc number
667475914
Responsibility statement
by Nicole Krauss
Summary
Connected solely by a desk of enormous dimension and many drawers that exerts a power over those who possess it or give it away, three people--a lonely American novelist clinging to the memory of a poet who has mysteriously vanished in Chile, an old man in Israel facing the imminent death of his wife of 51 years, and an esteemed antiques dealer tracking down the things stolen from his father by the Nazis--struggle to create a meaningful permanence in the face of inevitable loss
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