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The old child

Erpenbeck, Jenny, 1967-2006
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When they found her, she was standing on the street with an empty bucket in one hand. When they asked her what she was called, where she lived, who her family was, her memory was a blank. So now the girl has been deposited in an orphanage, but even here,she and they know that she doesn't quite fit.
Main title:
The old child / Jenny Erpenbeck ; translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky.
Imprint:
London : Portobello, 2006.
Collation:
122 p. ; 17 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: as The old child & other stories. New York: New Directions, 2005.
ISBN:
9781846270567 (hbk)1846270561
Dewey class:
833.9'2
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
1742467
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