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Was

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WAS is the story of Dorothy. Orphaned as a child in the 1870s, she goes to live in Kansas with her Aunty Em and Uncle Henry.

They face drought and poverty. They face each other. Alone, abused, Dorothy meets an itinerant actor called Frank and inspires a masterpiece.

From the settling of the West and the heyday of the Hollwywood studios to the glittering megalopolis of modern Los Angeles, WAS is the story of all our childhoods.

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Product Details
Gollancz
0575076690 / 9780575076693
Paperback / softback
823.914
13/01/2005
United Kingdom
English
Contemporary classics
455 p.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 1992.
Geoff Ryman is an award-winning writer With the possible exception of Milan Kundera, there really isnt anyone comparable to Ryman. Hes an original THE FACE Praise for WAS: A highly original and powerful novel DAVID PUTTNAM 'Staggeringly original and profound. Extraordinary, wonderful' TIME OUT 'A forceful and resonant book' NEW YORK TIMES 'The evocation of an enveloping history is one of the best achievements of an absorbing and marvellously accomplished narrative' LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS The latest in the Fantasy Masterworks series
Geoff Ryman is an award-winning writer With the possible exception of Milan Kundera, there really isnt anyone comparable to Ryman. Hes an original THE FACE Praise for WAS: A highly original and powerful novel DAVID PUTTNAM 'Staggeringly original and profound. Extraordinary, wonderful' TIME OUT 'A forceful and resonant book' NEW YORK TIMES 'The evocation of an enveloping history is one of the best achievements of an absorbing and marvellously accomplished narrative' LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS The latest in the Fantasy Masterworks series FM Fantasy