THE LAST WOLF/HERMAN - Rare Pristine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing

Krasznahorkai, Laszlo (Translated by George Szirtes & John Batki)

ISBN 10: 0811226085 / ISBN 13: 9780811226080

Edité par New York City, NY: New Directions, 2021, 2016

1st Printing. 96 pages. Published in 2021. The author's novellas. The first appearance of the titles in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. The novellas are in neat reversible format: "The Last Wolf" on one side; "Herman" on the other side. Presents Laszlo Krasznahorkai's gem-like novellas in felicitous English translations. "Krasznahorkai in a maddening nutshell. Features an obsessed narrator, a man hired (by mistake) to write the true tale of The Last Wolf in Spain. This miserable experience (being mistaken for another person, dragged about a cold foreign place, and appalled by the wolf species' end) is narrated in a single sentence". Meanwhile, "Herman" is "a peerless virtuoso of trapping, who guards the splendid mysteries of an ancient hunter's craft that is gradually sinking into permanent oblivion, is asked to clear a forest's last 'noxious beasts'. He begins with great zeal although in time he suspects that maybe he was 'on the wrong scent'. Herman switches sides, deciding to track entirely new game" (Publisher's blurbs). The Apocalyptic allegorical character of both tales is vintage Krasznahorkai, captured in the author's irresistibly playful vein. An absolute "must-have" title for Laszlo Krasznahorkai collectors. These titles are contemporary classics. This is one of very few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: This is a copy of the 2021 First Hardcover Edition. Most copies available online are the Softcover Edition. A rare copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize For Literature in 2025. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LASZLO KRASZNAHORKAI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0811226085. N° de réf. du vendeur 24088

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : THE LAST WOLF/HERMAN - Rare Pristine Copy of...
Éditeur : New York City, NY: New Directions, 2021
Date d'édition : 2016
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : As New
Etat de la jaquette : None, As Issued
Signé : no
Edition : 1st Edition.