FRIEND OF MY YOUTH: STORIES OF ALICE MUNRO - Rare Fine Copy of The Advance Reader's Edition/Limited Edition: Signed by Alice Munro - ONLY COPY OF THE LIMITED EDITION ONLINE

Munro, Alice

ISBN 10: 0394584422 / ISBN 13: 9780394584423

Edité par New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990, 1990

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1st Printing. Signed. 278 pages. Published in 1990. Landmark collection of short stories. Advance Reader's Edition/Limited Edition. The first appearance of the title in any published form. Precedes and should not be confused with both the Canadian and American regular trade editions. Published in a small and limited print run whose number is not specified. None of the copies was commercially sold to the public. There is no ISBN of its own. The ARC is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Alfred A. Knopf: Regular-sized volume format. Cream softcovers with maroon titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Short stories by Alice Munro. Maroon cardboard slipcase, which is missing in copies of the edition. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Alice Munro's "Friend of My Youth: Stories". Her seventh collection of inimitable short stories. "Ten miraculously accomplished stories which not only astonish and delight but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience" (Publisher's blurb). Alice Munro is regarded by critics and loyal readers alike as the greatest writer of the short story in English of our time: "Our Chekhov" (Cynthia Ozick). "A stunningly precise writer who is often able to say more in 30 pages than an ordinary novelist is capable of in 300. Munro writes about what are usually called ordinary people, but her intelligence, compassion, and astonishing power of perception enable her to give their lives a remarkable dignity, indeed redemption, since she shows how much of The Extraordinary can fit into that jam-packed emptiness called The Ordinary" (Nobel Prize Citation). An absolute "must-have" title for Alice Munro collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the publisher's tipped-in page by Alice Munro. This title is a classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Advance Reader's Edition/Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with both the Canadian and American regular trade editions. Alice Munro's publisher has issued several special editions such as this of her books because throughout her long career, Munro made few public appearances, and is a reluctant signer at best. As such, most of her books are signed on a bookplate, which are much less desirable than copies signed on either the title page or tipped-in page. The slipcase, which is integral to the edition, is intact whereas copies available online are missing it, and the book itself is pristine. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALICE MUNRO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0394584422. N° de réf. du vendeur 18362

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Titre : FRIEND OF MY YOUTH: STORIES OF ALICE MUNRO -...

Éditeur : New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990

Date d'édition : 1990

Reliure : Soft cover

Etat : Fine

Etat de la jaquette : None, As Issued

Signé : Signed by Author

Edition : 1st Edition.

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Synopsis :

Book by Munro Alice

Biographie de l'auteur:

Alice Munro grew up in Wingham, Ontario, and attended the University of Western Ontario. She has published thirteen collections of stories as well as a novel, Lives of Girls and Women, and two volumes of Selected Stories. During her distinguished career she has been the recipient of many awards and prizes, including three of Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Awards and two of its Giller Prizes, the Rea Award for the Short Story, the Lannan Literary Award, England’s W. H. Smith Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Man Booker International Prize. In 2013 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, Granta, and other publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. She lives in Clinton, Ontario, near Lake Huron.