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Silence in October

by Jens Christian Grondahl and Anne Born

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Author: Jens Christian Grondahl and Anne Born

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Stunned when his wife of eighteen years leaves him with no explanation, an art historian struggles to make sense of his life and marriage and begins to realize that two people can live together for years without ever really knowing each other, in the American debut novel by an acclaimed Danish author. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

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Silence in October

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<p>Copyright © TK by TK. English Translation © 2001 Anne Born, published by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. For permission to reproduce this information, go to our Permissions and Copyright Requests page at http://www.harcourtbooks.com/pol-copyright.html

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