10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 'Expect vibrant, vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline, all in Shafak's haunting, beautiful and considered prose'...
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| Format: | Llibre |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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India
Penguin
2020
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