What is She Doing Here? - Hardcover

WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE? A Refugee's Story (First edition - first impression - signed by the author)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. A first impression of the true first edition, published in 2008, with the full number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 on the printer's page. This copy has been flat-signed by the author on the title page. When the book was first published in paperback the following year (2009) it was retitled "Antigona and Me". ***A near fine copy in black cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corner tips sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. No foxing. Internally also near fine, with no inscriptions other than the author's signature. The pages are clean with no foxing or annotations. No creases or tears. ***In a near fined colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £14.99. The dustwrapper is complete with no discernible faults - just very slight creasing at the top of the spine. No serious creasing, chips or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. With the 'Read on Radio 4' sticker on the front panel. ***223mm x 145mm. 275 pages including a page of Acknowledgements at the back of the book. ***'Kate Clanchy MBE (born 1965) is a British poet, freelance writer and teacher. Clanchy won an Eric Gregory Award in 1995. She published three poetry collections between 1996 and 2004. They won a Forward Prize, the Scottish First Book of the Year (then Saltire Prize) two Scottish Arts Council Book Awards, and a Somerset Maugham Award. In 2008, she moved into non fiction with a memoir about her relationship with her Kosovan neighbour. "What is She Doing Here?" This was republished as "Antigona and Me" and won the Writers Guild Award. In 2009, she won both the VS Pritchett and BBC National Short Story Award. This was followed by a novel, "Meeting the English," which was shortlisted for the Costa Prize, and a collection of short stories, "The Not Dead and the Saved."' (Wiki) ***'"What Is She Doing Here" is a memoir of the five years the poet Kate Clanchy spent living closely with Antigona, a Kosovan refugee. Antigona became her project, her protégée, her cleaner, her nanny, and slowly, through hours of conversation and negotiations of difference, her friend. Through the story of the women's growing understanding is woven the dramatic tale of Antigona's great escape - from Milosevic, from her forced, violent marriage, from the most traditional pastoral society in Europe - and the growing toll of her losses, as she and her rebellious teenage daughters negotiate today's London. ' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A first impression of the true first edition, in its original dustwrapper, in near fine condition - this copy signed by the author. First editions signed by Clanchy seem to be uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Signed by Author(s). Artikel-Nr. 9489

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