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You Are Not a Stranger Here
by Haslett, Adam
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0385501676
- ISBN 13
- 9780385501675
- Seller
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SANDY, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday & Co., 2002. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Beautiful copy of First printing in FIRST STATE dust jacket. WARNING: The first printing is a tricky to identify, so don't make a mistake! At the bottom of the copyright page, the TRUE FIRST PRINTING has 3 lines below "Printed in the United States of America," The three lines are (lines indicated by slash marks): "August 2002 / FIRST EDITION / 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2." The second state (not first printing) has ONLY the last line. Unfortunately, that line is complete, including the "1", making it appear like a first printing. Also, the TRUE FIRST PRINTING dust jacket DOES NOT HAVE the Good Morning America sticker printed on its front. This first book, a collection of short stories by a Yale Law School student, was just announced as a FINALIST for the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD. DJ in archival mylar Broadart protector. NO remainder marks, NOT price clipped, NEVER read. All books are carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to provide DAMAGE-FREE SHIPPING.
Synopsis
The publication of "Notes to My Biographer," in Zoetrope: All-Story magazine introduced readers to the remarkable voice of Adam Haslett. Nominated as part of a National Magazine Award, broadcast on National Public Radio, performed at venues across the country, the story brought the author widespread recognition.Now, in his first book, Adam Haslett gives us nine richly varied stories, each suffused with intense emotion and written in a lyric prose alternatively lush and spare. You Are Not a Stranger Here carries its readers into the hearts and minds of people facing life's most profound dilemmas. We meet an aging inventor still burning with ideas as he makes a final visit to his gay son. A psychiatrist's encounter with a reluctant patient reveals a young doctor's own needs and fears. An orphaned boy finds solace in a classmate's violence. The return of an old lover disturbs the peace between a brother and sister who have lived together for decades.In settings that range from New England to Great Britain, from Los Angeles to the American West, the stories in this book treat what Faulkner called the old verities and truths of the heart: love and honor, pity and pride, compassion and sacrifice. They do so with heartbreaking precision and an often generous humor, drawing us past the surface of characters' lives into the moments of decision and recognition that shape them irrevocably. Together these stories constitute a significant achievement by a powerful new writer.From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000411
- Title
- You Are Not a Stranger Here
- Author
- Haslett, Adam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385501676
- ISBN 13
- 9780385501675
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- FICTION SHORT STORIES SINGLE AUTHOR NATIONAL BOOK AWARD HYPERMODERN
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About the Seller
PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS
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SANDY, Utah
About PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS
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