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Soumchi

Cixin Liu

199371 pagesabout 1–2 hours
1993
first published
  • 1980Harper & Row · 89 pages · ENGISBN 9780060246211
  • 1980Chatto & Windus · 89 pages · ENGISBN 9780701124496
  • 1995Harcourt Brace · 71 pages · ENGISBN 9780156001939
  • 2012Mariner Books · ENGISBN 9780547636931
  • 2016Penguin Random House · 96 pages · ENGISBN 9781784702151
  • 2000Dtv · 90 pagesISBN 9783423620253
  • 2001Suhrkamp · 84 pagesISBN 9783518223475
  • 2003Toby Press · 72 pages · ENGISBN 9781592640386
PlayfulWhimsicalShort read

A young boy in modern-day Jerusalem trades away one possession after another, only to find something much more wonderful--his first love.

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