New York. 2008. November 2008. Knopf. Advance Reader's Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780307264237. 169 pages. paperback. Cover photograph by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Cover design by Carol Devine Carson. keywords: Literature America Black Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize–winning author of BELOVED and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier. In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife, providing the fertile soil in which slavery and race hatred were planted and took root. Jacob is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh north. Despite his distaste for dealing in ‘flesh,' he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, ‘with the hands of a slave and the feet of a Portuguese lady.' Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, but later from a handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved. There are other voices: Lina, whose tribe was decimated by smallpox; their mistress, Rebekka, herself a victim of religious intolerance back in England; Sorrow, a strange girl who's spent her early years at sea; and finally the devastating voice of Florens' mother. These are all men and women ...

ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, New York] Hardcover First Edition 167 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Record # 471732
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National Geographic Books 2008 1ST HARDBOUND LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket 4TH. 5.27 x 0.51 x 8 inches. pp. 167. Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (August 11, 2009) Language: English SOFTCOVER: 167 pages ISBN-10: 0307276767 ISBN-13: 978-0307276766 Item Weight: 6.6 OUNCES Dimensions: 5.27 x 0.51 x 8 inches. In the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh North. Despite his distaste for dealing in flesh, he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, who can read and write and might be useful on his farm. Rejected by her mother, Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, and later from the handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved, who comes riding into their lives.

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ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group] Hardcover TONI MORRISON is the author of eleven novels and three essay collections. She received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1993 the Nobel Prize in Literature. She died in 2019.NATIONAL BESTSELLER&#160&bull&#160In .
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ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover 2008. Hardcover. Very Good.
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2008 Hardcover Very good May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, United States, New York] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Random House Children's Books Nov 2008] Hardcover Neuware -A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier.In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife, providing the fertile soil in which slavery and race hatred were planted and took root.Jacob is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh north. Despite his distaste for dealing in 'flesh," he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, 'with the hands of a slave and the feet of a Portuguese lady." Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, but later from a handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved.There are other voices: Lina, whose tribe was decimated by smallpox; their mistress, Rebekka, herself a victim of religious intolerance back in England; Sorrow, a strange girl who's spent her early years at sea; and finally the devastating voice of Florens' mother. These are all men and women inventing themselves in the wilderness.A Mercy reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart it is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a ...
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ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Random House Children's Books Nov 2008] Hardcover Neuware -NATIONAL BESTSELLER In 'one of Morrison's most haunting works' (New York Times) the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart, like Beloved, it is the story of a mother and a daughter a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.In the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh North. Despite his distaste for dealing in flesh, he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, who can read and write and might be useful on his farm. Rejected by her mother, Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, and later from the handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved, who comes riding into their lives. 176 pp. Englisch
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ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf] Hardcover A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier. In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife, providing the fertile soil in which slavery and race hatred were planted and took root. Here, Morrison gives us a picture of what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and of a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]

ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover 2008. Hardcover. Very Good.
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ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Knopf November 2008] Hardcover First Edition
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ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Random House] Hardcover pp. 176 1st Edition
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ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2008-11-11, New York] Hardcover Language: ENG
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ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Knopf November 2008] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover First Edition SIGNED! NY: Alfred A Knopf 2008. Stated 1st edition. Hardcover 8vo 167 pgs. Signed by Morrison on title pg, no inscription. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Spine heel bumped. Jacket has slight edgewear. (African Americans, Slavery, Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.
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ISBN10: 0307264238, ISBN13: 9780307264237, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf 978-0-307-26423-7, New York, N.Y.] Softcover [978-0-307-26423-7] 2008, Advance reader's copy. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 169pp. 8vo. Advanced Reader's Copy / Uncorrected proof. Label affixed to front cover which identifies that the publication date was November 15, 2008 as well as 'Please Do not Borrow Prior to Pub. Date'. Clean, tight and bright copy, save one single dog-eared page 51.
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