Simple Recipes: Stories [Signed 1st Printing]

Thien, Madeleine

ISBN 10: 0316833169 / ISBN 13: 9780316833165

Edité par Little, Brown, New York, NY, Boston, 2001

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1st printing of the first American and first hardcover edition of the Canadian author's first book SIGNED by Thien on the title page with a black fountain pen. The author inscribed this copy on the occasion of her first reading in the U.S. It reads, "For Ann-Marie, with much admiration! Thanks for making my first U.S. reading such a wonderful experience! best of everything, Madeleine Thien." Is Ann-Marie a publicist? A representative of the venue? or is Thien's admiration for fellow Canadian novelist Ann-Marie MacDonald, who may have been part of the same author tour? Gray textured paper boards with red cloth binding, silver titles and white end papers. A tight copy with sharp corners. The crown of the book's spine has been bumped. There is the ghost of a pencil erasure top corner of front free end paper, and a previous owner has made several vertical marks with a black ballpoint pen on the bottom exposed page edges. The jacket is bright, crisp and price intact. There is a soft horizontal crease along the top edge of the front panel with rubbing of the surface of the jacket at that point. Also available from this bookseller are autographed Canadian first printings of Simple Recipes, Do Not Say We Have Nothing and The Book of Records.

N° de réf. du vendeur 002712

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Simple Recipes: Stories [Signed 1st Printing]
• Éditeur: Little, Brown, New York, NY, Boston
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0316833169
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780316833165
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Canadian Fiction, Autographed
  • First Books, Autographed
  • Madeleine Thien, Autographed

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Synopsis

Book by Thien Madeleine

Revue de presse

“This is surely the debut of a splendid writer. I am astonished by the clarity and ease of the writing, and a kind of emotional purity.”
–Alice Munro

“Thien’s stories are universes on their own, rich and multi-faceted....She has an uncanny ability to confound expectations at every turn....A tour de force of storytelling....”
–Vancouver Sun

“Madeleine Thien writes with a diamond on glass. Her stories are windows between worlds: childhood and adulthood, east and west, love and loss....A poised, glittering debut.”
–Annabel Lyon, author of Oxygen

“Thien shows a rare, measured and perceptive understanding....”
–National Post

“A deft and mesmerizing feat....”
–Toronto Star

“She packs her deceptively straightforward short stories with raw emotional power.”
–Time

“[A] graceful debut collection....Powerful....The simplicity of Thien’s narration belies the complexity of her themes. She is a writer to watch.”
–Publishers Weekly

“Dazzling....”
–Vogue

“Simple Recipes exhibits a very Munro-like combination of delicacy and gravity....In graceful counterbalance to the restraint of her prose, Thien’s portraits of these painful, guilt-ridden, love-drenched relationships are remarkably rich.”
–Baltimore Sun

“Simple Recipes offers wise and tender tales about families that are both united and strained beyond their limits by cultural and generational differences....Thien weaves dark magic....”
–Elle

“Stunning in its authority, in its orchestration of the silences and omissions that are the true language of our world, Madeleine Thien’s collection of stories accomplishes what all fine writing strives to accomplish but rarely does: It reveals us to ourselves with such sudden and irresistible precision, such appalling tenderness, that we are, however briefly, transformed by the experience, forced to recognize ourselves in a new light. Hers is a powerful new voice in fiction.”
–Mark Slouka, author of God’s Fool and Lost Lake

“Madeleine Thien’s sure-footed stories have a quiet elegance to them, but their emotional centres are packed tight. Her prose is as clear as consommé and her characters emerge out of it raw and human. It’s a wonderful debut.”
–Michael Redhill, author of Martin Sloane

“These are stories deep with longing, a genuine consolation of the private griefs of human beings who find themselves, quite by accident, joined in families. Thien has a real talent for moulding the immense chaotic universe of emotions into something perfectly rounded, a small, startling jewel you can hold in the centre of your palm.”
–Elyse Gasco, author of Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?

“Madeleine Thien’s got the real stuff – integrity, deadly timing, and a truly original voice.”
–Erika Krouse, author of Come Up and See Me Sometime