Borne /

"'Am I a person?' Borne asks Rachel, in extremis. 'Yes, you are a person, ' Rachel tells him. 'But like a person, you can be a weapon, too.' In a ruined, nameless city of the future, Rachel makes her living as a scavenger. She finds a creature she names Borne entan...

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Main Author: VanderMeer, Jeff (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
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