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The Names of Things: A Passage in the Egyptian Desert
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Publication date
June 1, 1997
Pages
230
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781573220279
ISBN-10
1573220272
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 8.50 in.
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Out of Print
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$25.95
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Summary
Provides the memoirs of a woman's journey into the Egyptian desert, where she joins a nomadic desert family and begins her adventurous travels to the Sudanese border, Coptic monasteries, and the coast of the Red Sea, finding both beauty and danger along the way.
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Hardcover
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from Riverhead Books (June 1, 1997)
9781573220279 | details & prices | 230 pages | 6.50 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $25.95
About: Interweaves a memoir of growing up in New York with the author's search for the birth of language in the deserts of the Middle East
About: Interweaves a memoir of growing up in New York with the author's search for the birth of language in the deserts of the Middle East
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