Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780870541605 (0870541609)
Publish date: 1990
Publisher: Sauk City: Arkham House
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
American,
Feminism,
Speculative Fiction,
Time Travel,
Short Stories,
Dystopia,
Fiction
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