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An edition of Pure (2012)

Pure

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Engineer Jean-Baptiste Baratte is tasked with emptying an overflowing cemetery in Paris in 1785, work he considers noble until he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery parallels his own fate and the demise of social order.

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Europa Editions
Language
English
Pages
331

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Subjects

Social life and customs, Cemeteries, Civil engineers, Fiction, Manners and customs, Paris (france), fiction, Fiction, historical, general

Places

Paris, Paris (France), France

Times

18th century
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2012, Europa Editions
in English - 1st American ed.
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2012, Windsor/Paragon, Windsor, Paragon
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Edition Notes

Originally published: 2011.

"Costa best novel award 2011" -- Cover.

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New York
Copyright Date
2011

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR6063.I3564 P87 2012, PR6063.I3564P87 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
331 p. ;
Number of pages
331

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26644944M
Internet Archive
isbn_9781609450670
ISBN 10
1609450671
ISBN 13
9781609450670

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Work Description

"In the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing. Jean-Baptiste Baratte is a young engineer charged by the king with demolishing it. But he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own."--Publisher description.

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