Simone Weil: Portrait of a Self-Exiled Jew
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The listing describes Simone Weil: Portrait of a Self-Exiled Jew by Thomas R. Nevin as a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. The record for this copy lists 1991 • Univ of North Carolina Pr • 488 pages.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780807819999
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780807819999
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