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The plains

by Gerald Murnane

This posthumous collection of personal essays and interviews spans from the early 1950s to 1985. The volume documents formative experiences, reflections on twentieth-century history, and the development of literary ideas.

Accession 7410 ISBN 9780141189758 Publisher Text Publishing
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