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Gazelle : a novel / Rikki Ducornet.
Publication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: 189 p. ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0375411240 :
- Americans -- Egypt -- Fiction
- Perfumes industry -- Fiction
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
- Americans -- Foreign countries
- Problem families
- Mothers and daughters
- Abandoned families
- Teenage girls
- Sexual awakening
- First loves
- Cairo (Egypt) -- Fiction
- Elizabeth Female 13 Introverted; living in Cairo with her professor father and sexually-promiscuous mother
- Ragab, Ramses Male Handsome; gentle; Elizabeth's father's best friend Perfume maker
- Cairo, Egypt Africa
- 1950s 20th century
- PS3554.U279 G3 2003
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Barcode | |
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Fiction Books | FIC DUCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:31 - Fiction | Available | 644070 |
An incandescent new novel by the author of "The Fan-Maker's Inquisition" ("An exquisitely crafted work of art"--Robert Coover), in which a mother's betrayal, a dazzling perfume-maker, and an unexpurgated copy of the Arabian Nights awaken a girl of 13 to erotic life.
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