Street Sweeper by Elliot Perlman (107 results)

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Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Novel. Advance trade paperback. Front cover and first few pages curled and bent, otherwise the book is clean and tight, ink stamp on the top edge.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'Excellent. Harrowing, humane and brilliant.' - The Times (UK)'Excellent. Harrowing, humane and brilliant.' - The Times (UK)How breathtakingly close we are to lives that at first seem so far away.From the civil rights struggle in the United States to the Nazi crimes against humanity in Europe, there are more stories than people passing each other every day on the bustling streets of every crowded city. Only some survive to become history. Recently released from prison, Lamont Williams, an African American probationary janitor in a Manhattan hospital and father of a little girl he can't locate, strikes up an unlikely friendship with an elderly patient, a Holocaust survivor who had been a prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau. A few kilometres uptown, Australian historian Adam Zignelik, an untenured Columbia professor, finds both his career and his long-term romantic relationship falling apart. Emerging out of the depths of his own personal history, Adam sees, in a promising research topic suggested by an American World War II veteran, the beginnings of something that might just save him professionally and perhaps even personally. As these two men try to survive in early twenty-first-century New York, history comes to life in ways neither of them could have foreseen. Two very different paths - Lamont's and Adam's - lead to one greater story as The Street Sweeper, in dealing with memory, love, guilt, heroism, the extremes of racism and unexpected kindness, spans the twentieth century to the present, and spans the globe from New York to Melbourne, Chicago to Auschwitz. Epic in scope, this is a remarkable feat of storytelling. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 554 pages. How breathtakingly close we are to lives that at first seem so far away. From the civil rights struggle in the United States to the Nazi crimes against human ity in Europe, there are more stories than people passing each other every day o.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Signed by Elliot Perlman to the title page. A fine, unread copy of a first edition, first impression paperback original with french flaps. All books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery. Signed by Author(s).

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Super Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover; First Printing. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. First American Edition. First edition, a fine unread copy in a fine DJ. A very nice copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. North Sydney, NSW: Random House WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE ON POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER LARGE SIZE- NO TEARS OR MARKSAustralia, 2011 Used From the civil rights struggle in the United States to the crematoria of Auschwitz-Birkenau, there are momentous stories everywhere But only some survive to become history Lamont Williams is a black man from the Bronx trying to return to a normal life after serving a six-year prison term for a crime for which he was wrongly convicted Historian Adam Zignelik is an untenured Columbia professor whose career and long-term relationship are falling apart When Lamont Williams strikes up an unlikely friendship with a patient at the hospital where he works as a janitor, he learns about the Sonderkommando--prisoners forced to work in the gas chambers and crematoria of the Nazi extermination camps Meanwhile, Adam pursues a promising research topic suggested by a World War II veteran, a topic that might just save him professionally and even personally When the lives of these two men intersect, history comes to life in ways neither of them could have foreseen The Street Sweeper"is an astonishing feat of storytelling that addresses the personal and the political as it sweeps across the globe, through the seminal events of the twentieth century to the present Honest, hypnotic and redemptive, this is a novel that explores the responsibility of the historian, the weight of history on all of us, and the crucial role that bearing witness plays in breaking the cycle of human cataclysm "From the Hardcover edition".

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Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. UNCOMMON SIGNED FIRST EDITION, a paperback original, large sized, with flaps. This is an unread as new copy without flaws. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.

Trade Paperback (23cm X 15cm). Condition: Very Good. 554pp. Reprint. Tanning to pages. Light reading creasing adjacent to spine. Spine is uncreased and the binding is firm. Signed by the Author.