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A few short notes on tropical butterflies : stories / John Murray.
Van Pelt Library PR9619.4.M87 F48 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murray, John, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientists--Fiction.
- Scientists.
- Physicians--Fiction.
- Physicians.
- Loss (Psychology)--Fiction.
- Loss (Psychology).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 274 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperCollins, [2003]
- Summary:
- The eight stories in this remarkable collection take their inspiration from the world of medicine and science. Intricately plotted and structured, with a novelistic scope and depth, these long stories share themes of love, loss, and redemption, and the sense that it is always possible to transform a life.
- Contents:
- The hill station
- All the rivers in the world
- A few short notes on tropical butterflies
- White flour
- Watson and the shark
- The carpenter who looked like a boxer
- Blue
- Acts of wisdom, wisdom of man.
- ISBN:
- 0060509287
- OCLC:
- 50129396
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