Lost Language of Cranes (Penguin Fiction)
Publisher: Penguin Putnam~trade
Published: April 28, 1988
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780140101362
First sentence: EARLY ON A rainy Sunday afternoon in November a man was hurrying down Third Avenue, past closed and barred florist shops and newsstands, his hands stuffed into his pockets and his head bent against the wind.