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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Publication date
April 1, 1999
Pages
352
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780805057751
ISBN-10
0805057757
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$13.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Set during World War II, a new novel by a prize-winning author recently named by Granta magazine one of America's best young writers follows the fortunes of one American family divided by infidelity. Reprint. 12,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
In four highly acclaimed novels, Stewart O'Nan has proven himself among the most versatile of young writers, breathing new life into a wide range of literary traditions. A World Away is O'Nan at his most romantic and elegiac. By following the fortunes of the Langer family, whose oldest son, Rennie, is missing in action in the Pacific during World War II, O'Nan brilliantly captures the mood of this lost world and the changing fate of a country aware that when the war ends nothing will ever be the same.
Editions
Hardcover
from Henry Holt & Co (June 1, 1998)
9780805057744 | details & prices | 338 pages | 6.50 × 10.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $23.00
About: The Langer family is torn apart one summer during World War II when Anne Langer begins an affair with a soldier stationed nearby while Rennie, the eldest son of the family, is missing in action in the Pacific
About: The Langer family is torn apart one summer during World War II when Anne Langer begins an affair with a soldier stationed nearby while Rennie, the eldest son of the family, is missing in action in the Pacific
Paperback
Reprint edition from Picador USA (September 1, 2003)
9780312422776 | details & prices | 352 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $14.00
About: The Langer family is torn apart one summer during World War II when Anne Langer begins an affair with a soldier stationed nearby while Rennie, the eldest son of the family, is missing in action in the Pacific.
About: The Langer family is torn apart one summer during World War II when Anne Langer begins an affair with a soldier stationed nearby while Rennie, the eldest son of the family, is missing in action in the Pacific.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Henry Holt & Co (April 1, 1999)
9780805057751 | details & prices | 352 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $13.00
About: The Langer family is torn apart one summer during World War II when Anne Langer begins an affair with a soldier stationed nearby while Rennie, the eldest son of the family, is missing in action in the Pacific
About: The Langer family is torn apart one summer during World War II when Anne Langer begins an affair with a soldier stationed nearby while Rennie, the eldest son of the family, is missing in action in the Pacific
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