Isbn: 9780307265210 - like you'd understand, anyway: stories (15 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Following his widely acclaimed Project X and Love and Hydrogen--Here is the effect of these two books, wrote the Chicago Tribune: A reader finishes them buzzing with awe--Jim Shepard now gives us his first entirely new collection in more than a decade. Like You'd Understand, Anyway reaches from Chernobyl to Bridgeport, with a host of narrators only Shepard could bring to pitch-perfect life. Among them: a middle-aged Aeschylus taking his place at Marathon, still vying for parental approval. A maddeningly indefatigable Victorian explorer hauling his expedition, whaleboat and all, through the Great Australian Desert in midsummer. The first woman in space and her cosmonaut lover, caught in the star-crossed orbits of their joint mission. Two Texas high school football players at the top of their food chain, soliciting their fathers' attention by leveling everything before them on the field. And the rational and compassionate chief executioner of Paris, whose occupation, during the height of the Terror, eats away at all he holds dear. Brimming with irony, compassion, and withering humor, these eleven stories are at once eerily pertinent and dazzlingly exotic, and they showcase the work of a protean, prodigiously gifted writer at the height of his form. Reading Jim Shepard, according to Michael Chabon, is like encountering our national literature in microcosm. …

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Following his widely acclaimed Project X and Love and Hydrogen--Here is the effect of these two books, wrote the Chicago Tribune: A reader finishes them buzzing with awe--Jim Shepard now gives us his first entirely new collection in more than a decade. Like You'd Understand, Anyway reaches from Chernobyl to Bridgeport, with a host of narrators only Shepard could bring to pitch-perfect life. Among them: a middle-aged Aeschylus taking his place at Marathon, still vying for parental approval. A maddeningly indefatigable Victorian explorer hauling his expedition, whaleboat and all, through the Great Australian Desert in midsummer. The first woman in space and her cosmonaut lover, caught in the star-crossed orbits of their joint mission. Two Texas high school football players at the top of their food chain, soliciting their fathers' attention by leveling everything before them on the field. And the rational and compassionate chief executioner of Paris, whose occupation, during the height of the Terror, eats away at all he holds dear. Brimming with irony, compassion, and withering humor, these eleven stories are at once eerily pertinent and dazzlingly exotic, and they showcase the work of a protean, prodigiously gifted writer at the height of his form. Reading Jim Shepard, according to Michael Chabon, is like encountering our national literature in microcosm. …

Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A few small stains.…

Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pages unmarked. Dust jacket moderately worn. Binding square & firm. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition, signed on title page by Jim Shepard. Clean & tight copy, appears unread, in Near Fine condition. "Like encountering our national literature in microcosm."--Michael Chabon. "So varied in tone, theme, voice and setting are these stories that they might've been written by a hydra--surfeited with remarkable wit, compassion and the gift of gab."--Kirkus. NF hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp deckle edges, a square & tight binding, w/speckled foxing on pages head & slight wrinkle to top front of jacket, o/w quite presentable. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by the author to the PO on the title page. Some rubbing to the DJ and creasing to the corners. Pages are clean and free from markings or creases. Binding is tight. BP. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED. Flat signature.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. Second Printing, October 2007. 211pp. [I include gratis a Knopf promotional sample of Jim Shepard's story "The Track of the Assassins" from You Think That's Bad.] Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "Following his widely acclaimed Project X and Love and Hydrogen--'Here is the effect of these two books,' wrote the Chicago Tribune: 'A reader finishes them buzzing with awe'--Jim Shepard now gives us his first entirely new collection in more than a decade. [] LIKE YOU'D UNDERSTAND, ANYWAY reaches from Chernobyl to Bridgeport, with a host of narrators only Shepard could bring to pitch-perfect life. Among them: a middle-aged Aeschylus at Marathon, still vying for parental approval. A maddeningly indefatigable Victorian explorer hauling his expedition, whaleboat and all, through the Great Australian Desert in midsummer. The first woman in space and her cosmonaut lover, caught in the star-crossed orbits of their joint mission. Two Texas high school football players at the top of their food chain, soliciting their fathers' attention by leveling everything before them on the field. And the rational and compassionate chief executioner of Paris, whose occupation, during the height of the Terror, eats away at all he holds dear. [] Brimming with irony, compassion, and withering humor, these eleven stories--at once eerily pertinent and dazzlingly exotic--showcase the work of a protean, prodigiously gifted writer at the height of his form. Reading Jim Shepard, according to Michael Chabon, 'is like encountering our national literature in microcosm.'" [jacket copy] "So varied in tone, theme, voice and setting are these stories that they might've been written by a hydra. A hydra, that is, surfeited with remarkable wit, compassion and the gift of gab."--Kirkus. "What's most remarkable about these stories, in the end, is how gently Shepard wraps the most extremely foreign and obscure events around emotional dilemmas common to all of us. . . The truth is we should understand this entire menagerie of characters. Scrape away the singular, perfectly detailed lives Shepard has given them and one thing is clear: They are us."--John Freeman, The Boston Globe. "Jim Shepard's access to different voices, social types, levels of experience, is truly astonishing. He has observed deeply, and his selection of detail from that observation is brilliant. This is the work of a deft, audacious artist."--Norman Rush. Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp deckle edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in a bright-as-new jacket w/the National Book Award Finalist sticker affixed. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very fine condition. slight soiling of dust jacket at edges. signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 211 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Handsome copy. Signed by author on title page. Binding is tight and boards are clean and firm with very minor edge fading. DJ shows little to no signs of wear but for a small wrinkle on foot of back cover. DJ has been wrapped in mylar sleeve to prevent further damage. TM. Signed by Author(s).…