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Book Title: Our Lady of the Artichokes and OTHER Portuguese-American Stories
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Katherine Vaz
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Short Stories (Single Author)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 7.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 168 Pages
