ISBN: 9780385540292 - beatlebone (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. A 2015 New York Times Notable Book Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize It is 1978, and John Lennon has escaped New York City to try to find the island off the west coast of Ireland he bought eleven years prior. Leaving behind domesticity, his approaching forties, his inability to create, and his memories of his parents, he sets off to calm his unquiet soul in the comfortable silence of isolation. But when he puts himself in the hands of a shape-shifting driver full of Irish charm and dark whimsy, what ensues can only be termed a magical mystery tour. Beatlebone is a tour de force of language and literary imagination, a surreal novel that blends fantasy and reality--a Hibernian high wire act of courage, nerve, and great beauty.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ 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. First 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. First 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+. First United States edition. Top of HC spine minorly bumped. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 320 pages fmc2%262D.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Special Edition. Advance Bound Galley from an uncorrected proof in paperback. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in Fine condition. "A searing, surreal novel that blends fantasy and reality--and Beatles fandom--from one of literature's most striking contemporary voices. [] It is 1978, and John Lennon has escaped New York City to try to find the island off the west coast of Ireland he bought nine years prior. Leaving behind domesticity, his approaching forties, his inability to create, and his memories of his parents, he sets off to find calm in the comfortable silence of isolation. But when he puts himself in the hands of a shape-shifting driver full of Irish charm and dark whimsy, what ensues can only be termed a magical mystery tour. BEATLEBONE is a tour de force of language and literary imagination that marries the most improbable elements to the most striking effect." [publisher copy] Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2015: "BEATLEBONE is a novel that takes its reader to the edge--of the Western world, of sanity, of fame, of words. But it also takes us to the very edge of the novel form, where it meets its notorious doppelgänger, autobiography. Its compulsive narrative of one of the last century's great musicians and pop icons gradually, and without a hint of contrivance, becomes a startling and original meditation on the uncanny relationship of a writer to his character. Intricately weaving and blurring fiction and life, BEATLEBONE embodies beautifully this prize's spirit of creative risk. We're proud to crown it our winner."--Josh Cohen. "Books like this come along once in a generation, books by writers with real chops, who haven't yet been discouraged from taking real chances and blurring the lines between disciplines. Barry employs every tool in his formidable toolbox--razor-sharp prose, powerful poetics and a dramatist's approach to dialogue unencumbered by punctuation. And just when you think you've seen everything and that there's nothing else the beast can unleash on his unsuspecting reader, he unveils a literary device this reader has never encountered before--a peek behind the curtain where the wizard wields the controls. Well, you'll have to read the book. And it works. It all hangs together perfectly to form the kind of next-level literature that inspires, even incites another generation of natural-born wordsmiths to write big and bold and put in the work it takes to become a beast. You see the trick of it? No fear."--Steve Earle, The New York Times Book Review. Handy & pristine paperback ARC w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine & no jacket as issued.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 320 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. dj. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 299 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is red with yellow and black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$24.95." Bumping to tail of dust jacket spine. Bumping and chipping to head of dust jacket spine. Bumping to corners of dust jacket. Mild scuffing to dust jacket. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Bumping to corners. Mild scuffing to text block fore-edge. Signed flat by Barry on book plate. Shelved under the Front Counter. 1411906. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Signed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Doubleday, New York, 2015. First American edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Original publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($24.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. INSCRIBED by author on title page to prior owner. Inscribed by Author(s).…