Isbn: 9780374280475 - american innovations (15 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. A BRILIANT NEW COLECTION OF SHORT STORIES FROM THE CONSPICUOUSLY TALENTED (TIME) RIVKA GALCHEN Winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award A New York Times Book Review Notable BookChosen as one of fifteen remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write in the 21st century by the book critics of The New York Times In one of the intensely imaginative stories in Rivka Galchen's American Innovations, a young woman's furniture walks out on her. In another, the narrator feels compelled to promise to deliver a takeout order that has incorrectly been phoned in to her. In a third, the petty details of a property transaction illuminate the complicated pains and loves of a family. The tales in this groundbreaking collection are secretly in conversation with canonical stories, reimagined from the perspective of female characters. Just as Wallace Stevens's Anecdote of the Jar responds to John Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn, Galchen's The Lost Order covertly recapitulates James Thurber's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, while The Region of Unlikeness is a smoky and playful mirror to Jorge Luis Borges's The Aleph. The title story, American Innovations, revisits Nikolai Gogol's The Nose. By turns realistic, fantastical, witty, and lyrical, these marvelously uneasy stories are deeply emotional and written in exuberant, pitch-perfect prose. Whether exploring the tensions in a mother-daughter relationship or the finer points of time travel, Galchen is a writer like none other today.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

Zustand: Very Good. 1st. 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. 1st. 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.

Zustand: Good. 1st. 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. FSG, New York, 2014. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy, with price ($24) intact on front jacket flap. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, 1st printing. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "In one of the intensely imaginative stories in Rivka's (sic) Galchen's AMERICAN INNOVATIONS, a young woman's furniture walks out on her. In another, the narrator feels compelled to promise to deliver a takeout order that has incorrectly been phoned in to her. In a third, the petty details of a property transaction illuminate the complicated pains and loves of a family. The tales in this groundbreaking collection are secretly in conversation with canonical stories, reimagined from the perspective of female characters. Just as Wallace Stevens's 'Anecdote of the Jar' responds to John Keats's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn,' Galchen's 'The Lost Order' covertly recapitulates James Thurber's 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,' while 'The Region of Unlikeness' is a smoky and playful mirror to Jorge Luis Borges's 'The Aleph.' The title story, 'American Innovations,' revisits Nikolai Gogol's 'The Nose.' By turns realistic, fantastical, witty, and lyrical, these marvelously uneasy stories are deeply emotional and written in exuberant, pitch-perfect prose. Whether exploring the tensions in a mother-daughter relationship or the finer points of time travel, Galchen is a writer like none other today." [jacket copy] "Rivka Galchen writes about the strangeness of being alive--not that anyone has any other state to compare being alive to, which doesn't make it any less strange. She writes with intelligence, wit, and great originality. These stories are amazing."--Roz Chast. "Rivka Galchen is like the pinball wizard of American letters, with a narrative voice that can ricochet from wonder to terror to hilarity in the breadth of a breath. These ten stories of profound loss and profound joy give the Kantian sublime a key lime twist, and reveal what happily haunted space cadets we all are in the echo chamber of our 'ordinary' American lives. You'll feel compelled to read Galchen's sentences to strangers on buses. The delicacy and brilliance of what she is doing doesn't yet have a name."--Karen Russell. Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in a near Fine (tiny nick) & intact jacket featuring an impossible photograph. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 192 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. dj. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 175 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is green and blue with white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$24.00" on front flap. Boards have mild shelving wear and sun-fading along spine head and tail. Signed flat and dated "6/3/2014" on title page by Rivka Galchen. Shelved in Room Z. 1404663. Special Collections - Upstairs. Signed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux(2014). Hardcover. First edition. First printing. Fine/Fine. Inscribed on title page. light pencil marks on front end sheet. An otherwise clean, tight copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. New York: FSG (2014). First edition. First printing. Hardcover. New/New. A pristine unread copy. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page in month of publication, May 2014. Purchased new and opened only for author signing. Shipped in well padded box. Smoke-free shop. No marks, defects, clips, etc. You cannot find a better copy. Signed by Author(s). …