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Book Title: I-Novel
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Minae Mizumura
Original Language: Japanese
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Family Life, Asian / Japanese, Literary, Asian American
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Literary Collections, Fiction
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 344 Pages
