I CURSE THE RIVER OF TIME - Rare Pristine Copy of The First British Edition/First Printing: Signed by Per Petterson - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE
Petterson, Per (Translated by Charlotte Barslund)
Langue : anglais
Edité par London, England: Harvill Secker, 2010, 2010
- Éd. originale
- Signé
- Livre relié
- Occasion
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1st Printing. Signed. 233 pages. Published in 2010. The author's fourth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United Kingdom. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a bookplate. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Per Petterson's "Jeg forbanner tidens elv" in a felicitous English translation. The fourth novel by Per Petterson to be translated into English. A prequel to his second novel, "In The Wake" (2006). "Examines lives half-lived, ending and perhaps beginning anew. In 1989, 37-year-old Arvid Jansen's marriage is ending and his mother is dying of cancer. Hoping to leave his marital woes behind in Oslo, Jansen follows his Danish-born mother to her home country, to the beach house where the family spent summers. During the ferry ride and the following days in Denmark, Jansen recalls his childhood bond with his mother and his decision, after two years of college, to leave school and join his fellow Communists in the factories. He struggles with his commitment to Communism - the title is a line from a poem by Mao Tse Tung - and with his place in his family and the larger world. Petterson blends hope with gorgeously evoked melancholy to come up with a heart-breaking and cautiously optimistic work" (Allison Block). An absolute "must-have" title for Per Petterson collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Per Petterson. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a bookplate, as signed copies of the book are. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (British) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2007 for "Out Stealing Horses". One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PER PETTERSON AND GERBRAND BAKKER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1846553008.…
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- Titre
- I CURSE THE RIVER OF TIME - Rare Pristine Copy of The First British Edition/First Printing: Signed by Per Petterson - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE
- Auteur
- Petterson, Per (Translated by Charlotte Barslund)
- Éditeur
- London, England: Harvill Secker, 2010
- Année de publication
- 2010
- État de l'article
- As New
- Jaquette
- As New
- Signé
- Signed by Author
- Reliure
- Hardcover
- Langue
- anglais
- ISBN à 10 chiffres
- 1846553008
- ISBN à 13 chiffres
- 9781846553004
- Édition
- 1st Edition.
It is 1989 and all over Europe Communism is crumbling. Arvid Jansen, 37, is in the throes of a divorce. At the same time, his mother is diagnosed with cancer. Over a few intense autumn days, we follow Arvid as he struggles to find a new footing in his life, while all the established patterns around him are changing at staggering speed. As he attempts to negotiate the present, he casts his mind back to holidays on the beach with his brothers, to courtship, and to his early working life, when as a young Communist he abandoned his studies to work on a production line.
I Curse the River of Time is an honest, heartbreaking yet humorous portrayal of a complicated mother-son relationship told in Petterson's precise and beautiful prose.
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À propos de l’auteur
Charlotte Barslund translates Scandinavian novels and plays. Her recent work includes Calling Out For You by Karin Fossum, Machine by Peter Adolphsen and The Pelican by August Strindberg.
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