An edition of Entdeckung der Langsamkeit (1987)

The discovery of slowness

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An edition of Entdeckung der Langsamkeit (1987)

The discovery of slowness

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Framing the life of the 19th-century explorer Sir John Franklin, this novel explores not only the adventures of his career, but also enters a world where the quality of life is considered in "slow motion", where ordinary experience becomes wholly new and unexpected.

Publish Date
Publisher
Canongate
Language
English
Pages
311

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Edition Availability
Cover of: The discovery of slowness
The discovery of slowness: a novel
2005, Paul Dry Books, Inc.
in English - 1st Paul Dry Books ed.
Cover of: The discovery of slowness
The discovery of slowness
2003, Canongate
in English
Cover of: The discovery of slowness
The discovery of slowness: a novel
1997, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: The Discovery of Slowness
The Discovery of Slowness
July 1, 1997, Penguin (Non-Classics)
Cover of: The discovery of slowness
The discovery of slowness: a novel
1987, Viking
in English and German

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Edition Notes

Published in
Edinburgh
Genre
Fiction., Translations into English.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
833.9'14
Library of Congress
PT2674.A313 E5813 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
311 p. ;
Number of pages
311

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22692942M
ISBN 10
1841954942
ISBN 13
9781841954943
LCCN
2008425665
LibraryThing
232039
Goodreads
1057063

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL3109151W

Excerpts

John Franklin was ten years old, and he was still so slow that he couldn't catch a ball.
added anonymously.

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