2006, ISBN: 9780571232550

2020 SIGNED (not remainder) FIRST EDITION - Cover is of the first editionNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Vanity … Mehr…

2020 SIGNED (not remainder) FIRST EDITION - Cover is of the first editionNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, O, the Oprah Magazine, Esquire, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, Refinery29, Real Simple, Kirkus Reviews, Electric Literature, and Lit Hub Author's first novelA funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms, joyful and hard-won vulnerability, becoming who you're supposed to be, and the limits of love.Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few yearsgood yearsbut now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other.But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese mother, Mitsuko, arrives in Texas for a visit, Mike picks up and flies across the world to say goodbye. In Japan he undergoes an extraordinary transformation, discovering the truth about his family and his past. Back home, Mitsuko and Benson are stuck living together as unconventional roommates, an absurd domestic situation that ends up meaning more to each of them than they ever could have predicted. Without Mike's immediate pull, Benson begins to push outwards, realizing he might just know what he wants out of life and have the goods to get it.Both men will change in ways that will either make them stronger together, or fracture everything they've ever known. And just maybe they'll all be okay in the end., 2020, 4, UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,silvered abstract design illustrated dw/dj, with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - though some incidental,light superficial scoring/grazing to foil-type paper - but without penetration and without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.UK,slim,small 8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,1-130pp [paginated] includes story without chapters or chapter numeration; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, a dedication,and 8pp blanks at the rear. An old man sits in a room,with a single door and window,a bed,a desk and a chair.Each day he awakes with no memory,unsure of whether or not he is locked into the room.Attached to the few objects around him are one-word,hand-written labels and on the desk is a series of vaguely familiar black-and-white photographs and four piles of paper.Then a middle-aged woman called Anna enters and talks of pills and treatment, but also of love and promises. Who is this Mr Blank,and what is his fate? What does Anna represent from his past - and will he have enough time to ever make sense of the clues that arise? After the huge success of 'The Brooklyn Follies', 'Travels in the Scriptorium' sees Auster return to more metaphysical territory.A dark puzzle,and a game that implicates both reader and writer alike,it is an ingenious exploration of language,responsibility and the passage of time. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.Faber and Faber Limited,2006., 5<

2006, ISBN: 9780571232550

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,silvered abstr… Mehr…

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,silvered abstract design illustrated dw/dj, with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - though some incidental,light superficial scoring/grazing to foil-type paper - but without penetration and without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.UK,slim,small 8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,1-130pp [paginated] includes story without chapters or chapter numeration; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, a dedication,and 8pp blanks at the rear. An old man sits in a room,with a single door and window,a bed,a desk and a chair.Each day he awakes with no memory,unsure of whether or not he is locked into the room.Attached to the few objects around him are one-word,hand-written labels and on the desk is a series of vaguely familiar black-and-white photographs and four piles of paper.Then a middle-aged woman called Anna enters and talks of pills and treatment, but also of love and promises. Who is this Mr Blank,and what is his fate? What does Anna represent from his past - and will he have enough time to ever make sense of the clues that arise? After the huge success of 'The Brooklyn Follies', 'Travels in the Scriptorium' sees Auster return to more metaphysical territory.A dark puzzle,and a game that implicates both reader and writer alike,it is an ingenious exploration of language,responsibility and the passage of time. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.Faber and Faber Limited,2006., 5<

ISBN: 9780571232550

Faber & Faber Ltd.. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex… Mehr…

Faber & Faber Ltd.. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Faber & Faber Ltd., 2.5<

2006, ISBN: 9780571232550

[PU: Faber & Faber, London], Schutzumschlag ist berieben, kleine Lagerspuren am Buch, Inhalt einwandfrei und ungelesen 306266, DE, [SC: 3.00], gebraucht; sehr gut, gewerbliches Angebot, [… Mehr…

[PU: Faber & Faber, London], Schutzumschlag ist berieben, kleine Lagerspuren am Buch, Inhalt einwandfrei und ungelesen 306266, DE, [SC: 3.00], gebraucht; sehr gut, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 305g], Banküberweisung, Offene Rechnung, PayPal, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten), Internationaler Versand<