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Book Title: A Child Is Being Killed: On Primary Narcissism And The Death...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Serge Leclaire
Publication Name: Child Is Being Killed : ON Primary Narcissism and the Death Drive
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 1998
Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 4.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 92 Pages