ISBN: 9780307955890 - the watch (25 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. This heartbreaking and haunting novel takes a timeless tragedy and hurls it into present-day Afghanistan, when a woman asks for the return of her brother's body in the midst of a war. Following a desperate night-long battle, a group of beleaguered soldiers in an isolated base in Kandahar are faced with a lone woman demanding the return of her brother's body. Is she a spy, a black widow, a lunatic, or is she what she claims to be: a grieving young sister intent on burying her brother according to local rites? Single-minded in her mission, she refuses to move from her spot on the field in full view of every soldier in the stark outpost. Her presence quickly proves dangerous as the camp's tense, claustrophobic atmosphere comes to a boil when the men begin arguing about what to do next.Taking its cues from the Antigone myth, Roy-Bhattacharya brilliantly recreates the chaos, intensity, and immediacy of battle, and conveys the inevitable repercussions felt by the soldiers, their families, and by one sister. The result is a gripping tour through the reality of this very contemporary conflict, and our most powerful expression to date of the nature and futility of war.…

Zustand: Good. . GoodFormer Library book. All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Before placing your order for please contact us for confirmation on the book's binding. Check out our other listings to add to your order for discounted shipping.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 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.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. This heartbreaking and haunting novel takes a timeless tragedy and hurls it into present-day Afghanistan, when a woman asks for the return of her brother's body in the midst of a war. Following a desperate night-long battle, a group of beleaguered soldiers in an isolated base in Kandahar are faced with a lone woman demanding the return of her brother's body. Is she a spy, a black widow, a lunatic, or is she what she claims to be: a grieving young sister intent on burying her brother according to local rites? Single-minded in her mission, she refuses to move from her spot on the field in full view of every soldier in the stark outpost. Her presence quickly proves dangerous as the camp's tense, claustrophobic atmosphere comes to a boil when the men begin arguing about what to do next.Taking its cues from the Antigone myth, Roy-Bhattacharya brilliantly recreates the chaos, intensity, and immediacy of battle, and conveys the inevitable repercussions felt by the soldiers, their families, and by one sister. The result is a gripping tour through the reality of this very contemporary conflict, and our most powerful expression to date of the nature and futility of war.…

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.…

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. …

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

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

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

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Very good with no marks, damage or labels.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. A very good hardcover in a very good dust jacket. No markings.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Uncorrected Proof. Only A Hint Of Wear. Pictorial Over Black Wraps With Yellow And White Lettering On A Red Spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. New/New. Hardbound. A pristine unread copy. Purchased new and never opened. Shipped in well padded box. Comes with mylar dust jacket wrapper. Smoke-free. Defect-free. 0.0.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used - very good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Uncorrected Proof. Protective Cover Attached.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 279 pp. Book/dust jacket condition: Near Fine/na (paperback). First Ed./First Printing, 1st Edition/1st printing: Uncorrected Proof. All orders are processed and shipped from MI or WI, USA.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 290 pages. The author powerful tale set in Afghanistan, in which the author sees and hears the good in both sides. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection.…

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. Octavo, 290 pages, pictorial wrappers. Advance Copy lacking the biography of the author - but it and other details appear on the inside rear cover. Uncorrected Proof Copy. "We watch as the resistance of an isolated American garrison in Afghanistan is ground down, not by force of arms but by the will of a single unarmed woman, holding inflexibly to an idea of what is just and right." - J. M. Coetzee. "He forces us to face the evil we do to others and to ourselves." - Chris Hedges. "If you want a book that's going to pull you in a dozen different emotional directions, confuse you, intrigue you, then rip your heart into shreds, THE WATCH is the book for you. It's a brilliant, multi-dimensional examination of the war in Afghanistan told from different points of view. [A] really incredible book. It will truly stay with you for a long time after you put it down, and you won't want to." - Shelf Awareness. . What they said!! - TJJ.…

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. This is the scarce, Advance Readers Edition/Uncorrected Proof in pictorial wraps. Softcover. 290 pages. The author's lyrical and poignant evocation of war set in a Central Asian outpost carved out of sand and war. Promotional letter from the author to the reader laid in. As new. Unread.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Special Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 290 pages. Published in 2012. The author's third novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. "Autographed Copy" round green sticker pasted in front. Presents Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya's "The Watch". His novel about the war in Afghanistan, which situates the Afghan war "classically", in the context of ancient Greek mythology, particularly Sophocles' "Antigone", the iconic narrative about the clash between ethics ("moral law") and politics ("the rule of law"). "A legless woman approaches a military outpost in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province, ostensibly to retrieve the body of her brother, who has been killed in a firefight. Having survived that firefight, the soldiers inside the compound are wary and edgy. That's the set-up to a taut and gritty story that unfolds amid the dust, shadows, and unease of the war in Afghanistan. As the woman refuses to leave, and questions mount about her true intentions, everything comes into question: What's right and wrong? Heartfelt, heartbreaking, and lyrical, a primal and beautiful work" (Neal Thompson). A scholar of political science, a peripatetic journalist, and a philosopher, the Indian-born American writer has published two ambitious novels, "The Gabriel Club" (1998, published in the United Kingdom only) and "The Storyteller of Marrakesh" (2011). The former is a meditation on the failure of Communism, the latter an homage to Scheherazade's "A Thousand And One Nights". Roy-Bhattacharya is a rare bird in contemporary literature: A novelist of ideas, who turns to ancient myths in order to illuminate the salient issues of our time. "We watch as the resistance of an isolated American garrison in Afghanistan is ground down, not by force of arms, but by the will of a single unarmed woman, holding inflexibly to an idea of what is just and right" (J. M. Coetzee). "The Watch" is the inaugural title of Random House's revival of Hogarth Press, the legendary imprint founded by Leonard and Virginia Woolf, in a defiant act of resistance to our Digital Age. An absolute "must-have" title for Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya collectors. This Autographed Copy is very boldly, beautifully, and elaborately signed, placed, and dated (in the month and year of publication) in black pen on the title page by the author: "Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya June 25 2012 NYC". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. His signature fills up the whole page. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and publication-month dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant new voices in contemporary literature. A fine copy. ISBN 0307955893. Signed by Author. …

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. RARE Advance Reading Copy-Uncorrected Proof-Not For Sale. 1st Edition-Stated. 1st Printing-Full # Line. New copy. Never read. BEAUTIFUL copy of Book & Cover. COLLECTOR'S COPY.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 304 pages. 10.25x6.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. NEW YORK: Norton, 2012. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. New/New. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page and dated by in the month of publication, June 2012. A pristine unread copy. With mylar dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box. Signed only, no inscriptions. Smoke-free, defect free. Signed by Author(s).…