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There's a superstition in our family about falling... Marta's great-great-grandfather Jiri was said to have given a gentle push to the back of a stonemason for having wronged him. The stonemason fell to his death and the family fled Prague for the American Midwest, where they set up a new life. So begins the story of Marta and her brother Nick, deeply interwoven twins haunted by the mysterious curse that has plagued their family for centuries - one that has doomed them to suffer various types of falls. When Nick tumbles out of a window and ends up seriously injured, Marta must embark on a heartbreaking quest to discover whether or not his fall was intentional, and to stop her family from falling apart...
Перейти к описанию и характеристикам| Издательство | Vintage Books |
| Страниц | 226 |
| Язык | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-1-5291-1448-5 |
There's a superstition in our family about falling... Marta's great-great-grandfather Jiri was said to have given a gentle push to the back of a stonemason for having wronged him. The stonemason fell to his death and the family fled Prague for the American Midwest, where they set up a new life. So begins the story of Marta and her brother Nick, deeply interwoven twins haunted by the mysterious curse that has plagued their family for centuries - one that has doomed them to suffer various types of falls. When Nick tumbles out of a window and ends up seriously injured, Marta must embark on a heartbreaking quest to discover whether or not his fall was intentional, and to stop her family from falling apart...
| Издательство | Vintage Books |
| Страниц | 226 |
| Язык | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-1-5291-1448-5 |
| Обложка | обл - мягкий переплет (крепление скрепкой или клеем) |
| Бумага | Офсет |
| Полиграфические особенности | Покрытие софттач |
| Иллюстрации | Без иллюстраций |
| Размеры | 126 × 200 × 18 mm |
| Вес, г | 200 |