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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 372 pages and is available in hardcover format. Selected writings of anna kavan picador books, and more on. The parson isbn 9780720611403 pdf epub anna kavan ebook. Telling a dark story of obsession and pursuit, a pale. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Kavan experimented throughout her writing career with results that are moving, funny, bizarre, poignant, often unsettling, always unique. The parson was not published in anna kavans lifetime, but found after her death in manuscript form. Entering this haunting realm, the reader will crave to plunge deeper into her metallic and poetically surreal universe. Guilty ebook by anna kavan 9780720614411 rakuten kobo.
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