New York: Bantam, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An exuberant story of love and freedom triumphant set during festival time in the Brazilian city of Bahia. Translated from the Portuguese by Gregory Rabassa. "The statue of Santa Barbara of the Thunder, most holy of icons, is bound for the city of Bahia to be enshrined at the Museum of Sacred Art. Despite all precautions, however, the unthinkable has happened: The lovely statue has vanished." But not stolen: St Barbara has come to live. Glossary. 357 pp. ISBN: 0-553-095374.
New York: Dutton, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Although originally published in 1954, this novel of the Carnival in Buenos Aires in 1927 and 1930 which is considered his masterpiece, had not been published in the US until this edition. The story is a blend of magic and realism, both a thriller and and a lyrical love-story. Translated by Diana Thorold with a translator's preface. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-525-246878.
Condition: Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket (remainder line)
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Omnibus edition of two novels by perhaps the most influential Latin American woman writer of the early 20th century, originally published in Spanish and then in English translations (by Bombal herself) in 1947 and 1948. Her books, with their mingling of fantasy, realism and surrealism are considered precursors of the magical realism in Latin American literature. Foreword by Naomi Lindstrom. A title in the Texas Pan-Am series. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-292-70836X.
New York: Grove Press, (2000.). First edition - Tasmanian author's very highly praised and prize-winning first novel, originally published in Australia in 1994: 'Beneath a waterfall on the Franklin, Aljaz Cosini, river guide, lies drowning. Beset by visions at once horrible and fabulous, he relives not just his own life but that of his family and forebears... In the rainforest waters that rush over him he sees those lives stripped of their surface realities, and finds a world where dreaming reasserts its power over thinking.' Winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for first fiction and the South Australian Premier's Award. In 2014 Flanagan won the Man-Booker Award. 326 pp.
Condition: Fine (a new copy) in illustrated wrappers.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "In 1941, during humanity's darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive. . . In Berlin, at the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. She finds her way to a renowned rabbi, but its his daughter, Ettie, who creates a mystical Jewish creature, a rare and unusual golem, who is sworn to protect Lea. Once Ava is brought to life, she and Lea and Ettie become eternally entwined, their paths fated to cross, their fortunes linked." SIGNED by the author on a tipped in page…
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "In 1941, during humanity's darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive. . . In Berlin, at the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. She finds her way to a renowned rabbi, but its his daughter, Ettie, who creates a mystical Jewish creature, a rare and unusual golem, who is sworn to protect Lea. Once Ava is brought to life, she and Lea and Ettie become eternally entwined, their paths fated to cross, their fortunes linked." SIGNED by the author on a tipped in page which states, "This signed edition . . has been specially bound by the publisher." A Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition and includes a bonus essay by Hoffman on golems. 382 pp plus a 1 p publisher ad. ISBN: 978-1982141998.
Edition: First thus - a signed trade paperback edition.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2020). SIGNED first edition - "In 1941, during humanity's darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive. . . In Berlin, at the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. She finds her way to a renowned rabbi, but its his daughter, Ettie, who creates a mystical Jewish creature, a rare and unusual golem, who is sworn to protect Lea. Once Ava is brought to life, she and Lea and Ettie become eternally entwined, their paths fated to cross, their fortunes linked." SIGNED by the author on a tipped in page which states,…
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2020). SIGNED first edition - "In 1941, during humanity's darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive. . . In Berlin, at the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. She finds her way to a renowned rabbi, but its his daughter, Ettie, who creates a mystical Jewish creature, a rare and unusual golem, who is sworn to protect Lea. Once Ava is brought to life, she and Lea and Ettie become eternally entwined, their paths fated to cross, their fortunes linked." SIGNED by the author on a tipped in page which states, "This signed edition . . has been specially bound by the publisher." Includes a letter from Hoffman to Target readers 382 pp plus a 1 p publisher ad. ISBN: 978-1982160289.
London: Eyewear Publishing, (2014). Hardcover first edition - A mystery novel in verse which won Mexico's Xavier Villaurutia Prize in 2009. Bilingual edition with Spanish and English on facing pages translated by poet David Shook (who is also known as Bolano's translator). This "centers around Mr. Gordon, who, after being let go from his job due to his unstable behavior, experiences the unfolding of his spirit in an artificial Californian Eden. In the shade of a thousand-leaved tree, very near a pool's edge, Gordon transcribes his thoughts, memories and questions while he tries to cope with abuse from his wife and his best friend . . a poem written in the magical realist tradition, drawing on both film noir and West Coast thrillers." Translator's note. 191 pp. ISBN: 978-1908998224.
New York: Feiwel & Friends / Macmillan, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel "laced with slow-burning suspense, folklore, romance, and spun together with exquisite, luxuriant prose." SIGNED on the title page. 335 pp. ISBN: 978-1250173744.
New York: Viking, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by one of China's most innovative writers, and his first book to appear in English, translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt (with a note that, at the request of the author, this is based on the 1988 Tapei Hongfan Chinese edition which restored some of the deletions made in the 1987 Mainland Chinese edition). Mo Yan is a pseudonymic phrase meaning 'Don't speak.' Over more than 30 years, Mo Yan has been writing brutally vibrant stories about rural life in China that flout official Party ideology and celebrate individualism over conformity. He also flouts literary conformity, spiking his earthy realism with fantasy, hallucination and metafiction. The…
New York: Viking, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by one of China's most innovative writers, and his first book to appear in English, translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt (with a note that, at the request of the author, this is based on the 1988 Tapei Hongfan Chinese edition which restored some of the deletions made in the 1987 Mainland Chinese edition). Mo Yan is a pseudonymic phrase meaning 'Don't speak.' Over more than 30 years, Mo Yan has been writing brutally vibrant stories about rural life in China that flout official Party ideology and celebrate individualism over conformity. He also flouts literary conformity, spiking his earthy realism with fantasy, hallucination and metafiction. The story in this book revolves around three generations of the Shandong family between 1923 and 1976 as the narrator tells the story of his family's struggles, first as distillery owners making sorghum wine and then as resistance fighters during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The first parts were the basis of the award-winning 1987 film of the same name. In 2012 Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. 359 pp. ISBN: 0-670844020.
New York: Viking, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by one of China's most innovative writers, and his first book to appear in English, translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt (with a note that, at the request of the author, this is based on the 1988 Tapei Hongfan Chinese edition which restored some of the deletions made in the 1987 Mainland Chinese edition). Mo Yan is a pseudonymic phrase meaning 'Don't speak.' Over more than 30 years, Mo Yan has been writing brutally vibrant stories about rural life in China that flout official Party ideology and celebrate individualism over conformity. He also flouts literary conformity, spiking his earthy realism with fantasy, hallucination and metafiction. The…
New York: Viking, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by one of China's most innovative writers, and his first book to appear in English, translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt (with a note that, at the request of the author, this is based on the 1988 Tapei Hongfan Chinese edition which restored some of the deletions made in the 1987 Mainland Chinese edition). Mo Yan is a pseudonymic phrase meaning 'Don't speak.' Over more than 30 years, Mo Yan has been writing brutally vibrant stories about rural life in China that flout official Party ideology and celebrate individualism over conformity. He also flouts literary conformity, spiking his earthy realism with fantasy, hallucination and metafiction. The story in this book revolves around three generations of the Shandong family between 1923 and 1976 as the narrator tells the story of his family's struggles, first as distillery owners making sorghum wine and then as resistance fighters during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The first parts were the basis of the award-winning 1987 film of the same name. In 2012 Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. 359 pp. ISBN: 0-670844020.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (some light soiling to edges of textblock, minor edgewear to dj but overall a straight and clean copy, original price of 23.50 on flap of dj)
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2003). First edition - The first novel by this award-winning Trinidadian-born British writer, originally published in the UK under the title "Sun Dog." Publisher's Weekly described it as "An imaginative fable grounded in realistic detail, which follows the metamorphosis of August Chalmin, a socially awkward, lonely 30-something Londoner with 'upright blood-orange hair which limbo danced crazily from his head, as though a madman lived there, leaping from a burning attic.' .. Over the course of a year, August's body undergoes a series of peculiar changes tied to the seasons. His skin turns blue and an icicle dangles from his ear in the fall and winter. In the spring, his body begins to bud, sprouting…
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2003). First edition - The first novel by this award-winning Trinidadian-born British writer, originally published in the UK under the title "Sun Dog." Publisher's Weekly described it as "An imaginative fable grounded in realistic detail, which follows the metamorphosis of August Chalmin, a socially awkward, lonely 30-something Londoner with 'upright blood-orange hair which limbo danced crazily from his head, as though a madman lived there, leaping from a burning attic.' .. Over the course of a year, August's body undergoes a series of peculiar changes tied to the seasons. His skin turns blue and an icicle dangles from his ear in the fall and winter. In the spring, his body begins to bud, sprouting small leaves and branches... Mournful, quietly suspenseful and gently surreal, August's story is a haunting whimsy that marks the arrival of a talented newcomer." 320 pp.
THE WAR OF THE SAINTS.
THE DREAM OF HEROES.
HOUSE OF MIST and THE SHROUDED WOMAN.
THE WORLD THAT WE KNEW.
THE WORLD THAT WE KNEW.
DEATH ON RUA AUGUSTA / MUERTE EN LA RUA AUGUSTA.
WILD BEAUTY.
RED SORGHUM: A Novel of China.
RED SORGHUM: A Novel of China.
AUGUST FROST.
