I Curse the River of Time
by Per Petterson
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1555975569
- ISBN 13
- 9781555975562
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About This Item
Graywolf Press, 2010. Like New, SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Stated First Printing with complete number line to 1. SIGNED by Per Petterson on a bound-in limitation page. Published in a small and limited print run whose number is not specified as part of Powell's valuable "Indiespensable" Series. Black Slipcase is unmarked. The book is unread and Fine. Tight and square with clean boards that are not bumped. Interior has no writing, bookplate, embossed seal or marks and is not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacked is unclipped ($23.00) and pristine. The fourth novel by Per Petterson to be translated into English, it is a prequel to his second novel, "In The Wake" (2006). Winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize. New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 -Number 35.
I Curse the River of Time (Norwegian: Jeg forbanner tidens elv) was originally published in 2008. The narrative is set in 1989 against the backdrop of a communist Europe. The story revolves around Arvid Jansen, the protagonist, and his relationship with his mother, who has recently been diagnosed with cancer.
Synopsis
Per Petterson was born in Oslo in 1952 and worked for several years as an unskilled labourer, a bookseller, a writer and a translator until he made his literary debut in 1987 with the short-story collection Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes , which was widely acclaimed by critics. His novel Out Stealing Horses has been translated into forty languages and won many prizes, including the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2676
- Title
- I Curse the River of Time
- Author
- Per Petterson
- Format/Binding
- Cloth / Slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Signed Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1555975569
- ISBN 13
- 9781555975562
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis, MN
- Date Published
- 2010
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- Signed Limited Editions; Signed Books;
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