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Levels of life

by Julian Barnes

This work explores the themes of ballooning, early photography, love, and grief, examining the dynamics of bringing people and ideas together, and the subsequent experience of their separation.

Accession 7315 ISBN 9780224098151 Publisher Jonathan Cape
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