End of days book kennedy bookends

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Shop our best selection of globe bookends to reflect your style and inspire your home. Winner of the independent foreign fiction prize and the hans fallada prize, the end of days, by the acclaimed german writer jenny erpenbeck, consists essentially of five books, each leading to a different death of the same unnamed female protagonist. Sriwatana bookends black, decorative metal book ends supports for shelves, unique geometric design1 pair2. End of days by eric walters meet your next favorite book. Last week was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. These bookends are hand painted in rich greens, browns and gold in a classic style reminiscent of vintage leather bound books. Bookends was created with a desire to collaborate with authors to bring the books we have fallen in love with to the rest of the reading public.

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