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GREAT HILL STATIONS OF ASIA.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 90005More details Price: $17.50 -
A DISOBEDIENT GIRL.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atria Books (Simon & Schuste), (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of three women from very different backgrounds, set against 40 years of turbulent history in Sri Lanka. 374 pp. ISBN: 9781439101957.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 50636More details Price: $20.00 -
A DISOBEDIENT GIRL.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atria Books (Simon & Schuste), (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of three women from very different backgrounds, set against 40 years of turbulent history in Sri Lanka. 374 pp. ISBN: 9781439101957.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 56257More details Price: $15.00 -
INHERITANCE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this Granta Best Young American Novelist Award finalist, one which follows the development of Sonil, a young girl who has come to live at her grandmother's house on a mythical island in the Indian Ocean. 193 pp. ISBN: 0-679434429.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder dot).
Book ID: 89377More details Price: $16.50 -
HEAVEN'S EDGE.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 89302More details Price: $18.50 -
THE SANDGLASS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: The New Press, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel (third book) by this Sri Lankan writer. "The Sandglass tells the story of two feuding families whose lives are interlinked by the changing fortunes of post colonial Sri Lanka." Jacket photograph by Nina Subin. 278 pp. ISBN: 1-56584484X.
Condition: Fine in very near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 55713More details Price: $18.50 -
THE FAR FIELD: A Novel of Ceylon.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised epic first novel, set in Ceylon in 1936 in a world on the edge of war, one which explores the tragedy of colonialism, and the misunderstanding between the East and the West. In 2000, Meidav was selected by the Voice Literary Supplement as one of the 'writers on the verge.' Dust jacket praise from Paul West, Claire Messud and others. Winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for best novel by a woman. 584 pp. ISBN: 0-618013660.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.(scratch on spine of dj.)
Book ID: 38355More details Price: $15.00 -
WHAT LIES BETWEEN US.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second book by this award winning author, who was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in Nigeria, and is now living in California - a story of a woman driven by the demons of her past. INSCRIBED on the title page. 305 pp. ISBN: 978-1250043948.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 88393More details Price: $30.00 -
WHAT LIES BETWEEN US.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, (2016). SIGNED first edition - Second book by this award winning author, who was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in Nigeria, and is now living in California - a story of a woman driven by the demons of her past. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 305 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 67208More details Price: $30.00 -
WHAT LIES BETWEEN US.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book by this award winning author, who was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in Nigeria, and is now living in California - a story of a woman driven by the demons of her past. 305 pp. ISBN: 978-1250043948.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 77740More details Price: $18.50 -
ISLAND OF A THOUSAND MIRRORS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's award-winning first novel, set in Sri Lanka where she was born, during the civil war which tore that country apart. The story of two families - one Sinhala and one Tamil - and of the hopes and fears of a young woman in each of those families. Winner of the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize for the Asian Region and longlisted for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 242 pp. ISBN: 978-1250043931.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (toning to bottom edge of textblock)
Book ID: 82382More details Price: $50.00 -
HANDWRITING
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - True first edition of this collection of poems about love, landscape and the sweep of history in this Canadian writer's first home: Sri Lanka. SIGNED on the title page. Notes. 78 pp. ISBN: 0-7710-68778.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 60981More details Price: $45.00 -
HANDWRITING
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - True first edition of this collection of poems about love, landscape and the sweep of history in this Canadian writer's first home: Sri Lanka. Notes. 78 pp. ISBN: 0-7710-68778.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 83090More details Price: $24.50 -
ANIL'S GHOST.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in modern day Sri Lanka, torn by civil war. The story of Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist, who is sent by a human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaign of murder engulfing the island. ISBN: 0-375-410538.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 24543More details Price: $12.50 -
THE CAT'S TABLE.
Edition: 5th printing (in the same year as the first)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. dj. Hardcover - Sixth novel by this Booker Prize winning author, who was born in Sri Lanka but now lives in writes in Canada. In 1950 a young boy boards a ship bound for England in Columbo, and during the voyage he is seated at "the cat's table" - as far from the Captain's table as one can get. A story about the often forbidden discoveries of childhood, and the beginning of a life-long journey. 269 pp. ISBN: 9780307700117.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (nick to dj at bottom of spine)
Book ID: 59387More details Price: $15.00 -
ANIL'S GHOST.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Vintage Books, (2001.). Novel set in modern day Sri Lanka, torn by civil war. The story of Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist, who is sent by a human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaign of murder engulfing the island. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-375-724370.
Condition: Very good condition.
Book ID: 33615More details Price: $10.00 -
ANIL'S GHOST.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in modern day Sri Lanka, torn by civil war. The story of Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist, who is sent by a human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaign of murder engulfing the island. ISBN: 0-375-410538.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 32104More details Price: $18.00 -
ANIL'S GHOST.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Vintage Books, (2001.). Novel set in modern day Sri Lanka, torn by civil war. The story of Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist, who is sent by a human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaign of murder engulfing the island. ISBN: 0-375-724370.
Condition: Good condition (some wear to covers.)
Book ID: 30767More details Price: $8.50
