8 edition of The Amalgamation Polka found in the catalog.
Published
February 14, 2006
by Knopf
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Written in English
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | 304 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL7699285M |
| ISBN 10 | 067945117X |
| ISBN 10 | 9780679451174 |
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The Amalgamation Polka contains some bravura scenes of violence in which human destructiveness is sometimes indistinguishable from natural cataclysm (“Then, with a sudden whoosh, the night simply broke apart upon a rock of delirious flame” [p.
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The Amalgamation Polka Stephen Wright Review by Sarah White. March Liberty Fish, the protagonist of Stephen Wright's new novel, The Amalgamation Polka, is the only child of an abolitionist couple living in New York who constantly leave him in the care of his aunt as they go on their crusades.
He's also the grandson of ardent.
