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HALF LIFE: A Novel
por Jackson, Shelley
- Usado
- as new
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0060882352
- ISBN 13
- 9780060882358
- Livreiro
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Los Angeles, California, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
New York, New York, U.S.A. : Harper, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Author's notable debut novel (effusively praised by Jonathan Lethem and Kelly Link), following a collection of stories, THE MELANCHOLY OF ANATOMY, and a hypertext novel, PATCHWORK GIRL.Jackson is also the author of several children's books, and "Skin," a story published in tattoos on the skin of nearly three thousand volunteers. As new, first edition, first printing, in as new, mylar-published dust jacket. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] L146
Sinopse
A brilliant, disquieting first novel about a pair of conjoined twins who are deeply unhappy in each other's company. Nora, the dominant twin, is strong, funny, and deeply independent, thirsting for love and adventure. Blanche, by contrast, has been sleeping for nearly twenty years. Finally sick of carrying her sister's dead weight, Nora decides she wants her other half gone for good, so she leaves San Francisco for London in search of the mysterious Unity Foundation, which promises to make two one. And that one, of course, will be Nora -- Blanche will be mourned, but not missed.But once Nora arrives in London, her past begins to surface in surprising and disturbing ways, forcing her into a most reluctant voyage into memory. Something seems to be drawing Nora's thoughts back to the site of her rather unusual conception, birth, and childhood -- the reconstructed ghost town of Too Bad, Nevada, where lizards skitter across the playa and "Shootout at Noon" comes every day. Searching for meaning and understanding in both her own and Blanche's past, Nora pushes herself to the brink of insanity -- and begins to question her own, and Blanche's, grip on the truth. Grotesque, funny, intricately wrought, verbally and conceptually dazzling, Shelley Jackson's first novel is an imaginative and touching portrait of two lives in a cleft world yearning for wholeness -- a world not unlike our own.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 022659
- Título
- HALF LIFE: A Novel
- Autor
- Jackson, Shelley
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Novo
- Condição de sobrecapa
- As New
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060882352
- ISBN 13
- 9780060882358
- Editorial
- Harper
- Local de publicação
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Data de publicação
- 2006
- Páginas
- 448
- Dimensão
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Product_type
- 2
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Los Angeles, California
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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