There but for the

Ali Smith

earliest edition we have, 2011 Pantheon Books, 2011 256 pages

There But For The is a 2011 novel by Scottish author Ali Smith, first published in the UK by Hamish Hamilton and in the US by Pantheon, and set in 2009 and 2010 in Greenwich, London. It was cited by both The Guardian book review and the Publishers Weekly as one of the best books of the year. and was also longlisted for the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction.

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Editions we hold

Es hätte mir genauso hardcover · 2012 · Luchterhand Literaturverlag · 9783630873121
There but for the paperback · 2012 · Penguin Export · 9780241961957
There but for the paperback · 2012 · Penguin Books · 366 pages · 9780141025193
There But For The: A Novel paperback · 2012 · Anchor · 256 pages · 9780307275240
There but for the hardcover · 2011 · Pantheon Books · 236 pages · 9780375424090
There but for The edition · 2011 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780141970103
There but for The edition · 2011 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780241144541
There but for the hardcover · 2011 · Hamish Hamilton · 357 pages · 9780241143407
There but for the paperback · 2011 · W F Howes · 320 pages · 9781407491134
There but for the edition · 2011 · Pantheon Books · 256 pages · 9780307379986

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