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Book Title: Wishes

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.7in

Item Width: 6in

Author: Georges Perec

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: General, Literary

Publisher: Wakefield Press

Publication Year: 2018

Genre: Poetry, Fiction

Item Weight: 16.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

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