Anna esaki smith (77 resultados)

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Condición: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hard Back. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. very nice clean tight hardback with only very light overall wear. pages clean and unmarked. dust jacket is vey good with only very light edge rubbing and no chips or tears.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condición: Very Good. First Printing. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Soft cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. After graduating from college, Emily Shimoda moves back home in upstate New York to live with her eccentric, well-bred mother, Hanako. Little has changed there. Her father's silk ties still hang limply in the closet even though he left years ago, and Hanako busies her days in relentless pursuit of all things European -- especially opera. But when Hanako returns from a Pavarotti concert proclaiming that the opera star himself has promised to visit their home, Emily is amused. Until Hanako hires Alex, an aging, widowed carpenter to renovate the house for Pavarotti's imminent arrival -- provoking Emily to seriously question her mother's sanity. As the remodeling consumes Hanako's every waking moment, along with a growing friendship with Alex, Emily grows suspicious of the handyman and the home improvements that her mother haphazardly pours her money into. But as Emily charts the course of her mother's odd preoccupation, and begins to wonder whether Pavarotti will indeed make an appearance, she inadvertently finds herself learning some of life's most profound lessons. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Emily Shimoda believes her divorced mother, Hanako, has really lost it when she starts renovating the kitchen in preparation for a dinner visit from her idol, opera star Luciano Pavarotti. A first novel. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Condición: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condición: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1565122151 Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Print. Hardcover.

Trade Paperback. Condición: USED Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING. Author's critically acclaimed debut novel. "To Hanako Shimoda, Luciano Pavarotti is a god. To her daughter, Emily, this fixation on Pavarotti is a harmless fantasy, the by-product of her mother's loneliness. 'Meeting Luciano' is the story Emily tells about what happens when Hanako acts on her fantasy and invites opera star Luciano Pavarotti to a postperformance supper at their Westchester County home." The Publishers Weekly DJ blurb exclaims: "An avid opera fan and Europhile, the cosmopolitan Hanako has decided to renovate her house because she believes with unwavering certainty that opera star Luciano Pavarotti is coming for a visit.Will Pavarotti actually show up? The answer to this question is delightfully unexpected." A FINE COPY in a MYLAR PROTECTIVE COVER! GM3. …

Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Very good trade paperback. 2000. minor edgewear.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Great book & DJ in NEW FINE FIRST EDITION.Bright clean square tight.Publisher material laid in.Shelf488. Not a book club. No previous owner name, no underlining, not a remainder.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Very good trade paperback. 2000. minor edgewear. price sticker on back cover.

Paperback. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the slightest tanning to the pages, due to aging. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 243pp.+ Ballantine Reader's Circle Guide. Trade Paperback. The author's confident if quiet voice gives credence to this polished, gentle first novel. When Japanese-American Emily Shimoda finishes college, she moves into her mother's house in Westchester County, N.Y., resuming her old waitressing job at a Japanese restaurant while deciding what to do with her life. Emily is worried that her mother, Hanako, recently divorced by Emily's father, is becoming more and more eccentric. An avid opera fan and Europhile, the cosmopolitan Hanako has decided to renovate her house because she believes with unwavering certainty that opera star Luciano Pavarotti is coming for a visit. Moreover, Hanako seems to be too trusting of the hearty Greek-American contractor, Alex, who aggressively inflates the home improvements, arousing Emily's suspicions and leaving her baffled at her mother's naive allegiance to this take-charge stranger. Under Alex's gaze and through the regenerative enterprise, Hanako blooms, however, taking stock of her newly reimagined life. Will Pavarotti actually show up? The answer to this question is delightfully unexpected, as the novel gracefully explores Emily's past and present to suggest that it is Emily, not her mother, with the identity crisis. Hanako, in her carefully controlled English, has fed her daughter colorful stories of growing up in Japan while making it clear that Emily and her siblings were expected to be fully assimilated Americans. This contradiction has rendered Emily obstinate and confused, "a frowning girl." Her fraught relationship with her mother is heartfelt and complicated; when she tries to dismiss her concerns about her mother's possible disappointment, she finds she can't. As Emily learns to see her ethnic identity clearly, Esaki-Smith delineates her heroine's maturation as a blend of personal choices, proud heritage and self-exploration. It was my extraordinarily good fortune to find this jewel-like, delectable novel. For me, it was not about meeting up with Luciano himself afterall, but about meeting up with so much more: beautiful food, opera music and the musical language, the intricacies of loving mothers/fathers/siblings/friends, the loss of them, growing up/the uncertainty of the future, and the need to reinvent oneself; Esaki-Smith touches just about all bases, including a delectable mix of cultures. The thoughtfulness and perception from which she writes/describes her mother astonishes me. I highly recommend this novel. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated.…

hardback. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 8th printing ; xiv, 333 p. ; 21 cm. Box number: CNL-04.

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hardcover. Condición: Very Good.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Mildly Edgeworn.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDLiterature & Fiction. Fine in Fine dust jacket. First edition.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. Special Edition. Near Fine in white textured wraps with a very light crease top front corner. Else bright & unmarked. Advance Uncorrected Proof.

paperback. Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Flat signed by author.

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Flat signed by author.