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Riverhead Books, Date: 2021. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2021. Riverhead Books ISBN 0525537147 9780525537144 [US]

ISBN10: 0525537147, ISBN13: 9780525537144, [publisher: Riverhead Books] Hardcover
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2021]

ISBN10: 0525537147, ISBN13: 9780525537144, [publisher: Penguin Publishing Group] Hardcover Andrew D. Kaufman is an associate professor, General Faculty, lecturer in Slavic Languages and Literatures, and assistant director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Virginia. A PhD in Slavic languages and literatures from Sta.
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