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In an unnamed Latin American country under an unblinking sun, an unnamed girl tries to find words for the things that make up her life. Father and mother. Ball. Car. But, in the world she inhabits, words do not mean what they say; they have "silent halves... dragging them down like lead weights". The real story is the one "that goes on to the right and the left and above and below the edges of the picture". (The Independent)
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Editions
3 editions · 2 languages- Paperback · English · 2007The Book of WordsNew Directions · 96 pages · 9780811217064
- Other · English · 2007The book of wordsPortobello · 152 pages · 9781846270574
- Other · German · 2004Eichborn Berlin · 115 pages · 9783821807423
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