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The Story of The Nose
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
The Story of The Nose
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Andrea Camilleri
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Translated by Stephen Sartarelli
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Illustrated by Maja Celija
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Designed by Maja Celija
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Series | Save the Story |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:104 | Dimensions(mm): Height 250,Width 194 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9781782690177
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Classifications | Dewey:853.92 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Pushkin Children's Books
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Imprint |
Pushkin Children's Books
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Publication Date |
5 June 2014 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Sir, now the matter is perfectly clear. You... you are my nose! The Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov wakes one morning to discover that his nose has disappeared. Unbeknownst to him, it has mysteriously found its way into a loaf of bread on the barber Yokovlevich's breakfast table. The barber attempts to dispose of it, but when Kovalyov steps out onto the St Petersburg streets, he finds his nose, now the size of a human, wearing a gold-embroidered uniform and travelling around in a carriage ...
Author Biography
Andrea Camilleri (born in Sicily in 1925) is a best-selling and prize-winning Italian theatre and television director and author, perhaps most famous for his Inspector Montalbano series of crime novels. Camilleri has won numerous awards in Italy, France and the UK, and his work has been translated into many languages, including French, German and Japanese.
ReviewsSimply extraordinary Upcoming4Me Fantastically ludicrous and deliciously enjoyable... a very witty, hugely entertaining and memorable story that generations of readers will enjoy School Librarian
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