SPRING (The Seasons Quartet: Book 3) First UK edition - first impression

Karl Ove Knausgaard

ISBN 10: 1910701637 / ISBN 13: 9781910701638

Edité par Harvill Secker, London, 2018

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First impression of the first UK edition with full number-string sequence including the no. "1" on the publisher's copyright page: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Translated from the Norwegian by Ingvild Burkey. Illustrated in colour by Anna Bjerger. ***Near fine in orange cloth covered boards with black titles to the spine. Black front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns. Head and tail of spine just slightly bumped. Corners sharp. Pages clean. Spine tight. No inscriptions. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing the original publisher's price of £16.99. Edges of dustwrapper slightly rubbed and creased with a few marks. No tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***215mm x140mm. 224 pages. ***'A deeply moving novel about family, everyday lives, our joys and our struggles.' (Quote taken from the back panel) ***First impression of the first UK edition, in its original dustwrapper, in near fine condition. The third volume in the acclaimed 'Seasons Quartet' series of books by Karl Ove Knausgaard. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: SPRING (The Seasons Quartet: Book 3) First UK edition - first impression
• Éditeur: Harvill Secker, London
• Date de parution: 2018
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1910701637
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781910701638
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Anna Bjerger
• Édition: First UK Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • First Editions
  • Literature in Translation

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Synopsis

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller
The New York Times Bestseller

From the author of the monumental My Struggle series, Karl Ove Knausgaard, one of the masters of contemporary literature and a genius of observation and introspection, comes the first in a new autobiographical quartet based on the four seasons

I want to show you our world as it is now: the door, the floor, the water tap and the sink, the garden chair close to the wall beneath the kitchen window, the sun, the water, the trees. You will come to see it in your own way, you will experience things for yourself and live a life of your own, so of course it is primarily for my own sake that I am doing this: showing you the world, little one, makes my life worth living.

Autumn begins with a letter Karl Ove Knausgaard writes to his unborn daughter, showing her what to expect of the world. He writes one short piece per day, describing the material and natural world with the precision and mesmerising intensity that have become his trademark. With acute sensitivity he describes daily life with his wife and children in rural Sweden, drawing upon memories of his own childhood to give an inimitably tender perspective on the precious and unique bond between parent and child. Nothing is too small or too vast to escape his attention; this is a personal encyclopaedia on everything from chewing gum to the stars. Beautifully illustrated by Vanessa Baird, this tender and deeply personal book is the first of four volumes marvelling at the vast, unknowable universe around us.

À propos des auteurs

Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece all over the world. From A Death in the Family to The End, the novels move through childhood into adulthood and, together, form an enthralling portrait of human life. Knausgaard has been awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, the Brage Prize and the Jerusalem Prize. His work, which also includes Out of the World, A Time for Everything and the Seasons Quartet, is published in thirty-five languages.

Vanessa Baird (1963) was born in Oslo, where she now lives and works. She has an MA from the Royal College of Art, London, and in 2015 she won the Lorck Schive Art Prize, Norway’s biggest contemporary art prize.