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Rachel seiffert has worked in film and community education and currently writes for a living. Read afterwards a novel by rachel seiffert available from rakuten kobo. Her first book, the dark room, 2001 was shortlisted for the man booker prize. More information about this seller contact this seller 21. She was born in 1971 in oxford to german and australian parents, and was brought up bilingually.
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