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Sylvia

A Novel

Leonard Michaels; Introduction by Diane Johnson

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: May 2007
ISBN: 978-0-374-27107-7
ISBN-10: 0-374-27107-0
Trim: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
144 pages

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Leonard Michaels

Leonard Michaels (1933–2003) was the author of Going Places, I Would Have Saved Them If I Could, and The Men’s Club, among other books. FSG will publish his Collected Stories in June to coincide with the reissue of Sylvia.

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Leonard Michaels (1933–2003) was the author of Going Places, I Would Have Saved Them If I Could, and The Men’s Club, among other books. FSG will publish his Collected Stories in June to coincide with the reissue of Sylvia.

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