Black Dogs

MCEWAN, Ian

Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1992

Beschreibung

Published: 1992. First Edition. Signed by author. DESCRIPTION: Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good: Clean cloth and bright lettering to spine. Very small white fleck to lower edge of rear cloth. Sharp corners and spine. Scuff line along top of endpaper and small mark in rear endpaper gutter. Light spotting to rear endpaper. Lightly tanned edge to text block. Author inscription and signature to title page. DJ Condition: Very Good Pages 174, [1]. BOOK RESUME: Considered a contemporary classic. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Ian McEwans 'Black Dogs' His fifth novel, and one of his finest achievements. 'The narrator of McEwans novel is fascinated with other peoples parents, particularly his remarkable in-laws, indissolubly linked yet estranged and combative. A man of reason, Bernard Tremaine cannot understand why his wife, June, rejected political activism for spiritual quest after an encounter with evil in the form of two fierce black dogs. McEwan does not so much tell their story as the story of the son-in-laws efforts to understand them better by writing about them. Though Bernard and June represent diametrically opposed ways of looking at the world (two views beautifully and succinctly captured by McEwan), they are not mere vessels of thought but lively, distinctive characters in their own right. As the narrator returns to the French countryside where June fatefully encountered the dogs, the deceptively simple buildup makes her brush with violence all the more shocking. A novel of ideas with the hard edge of a thriller' (Barbara Hoffert). The encounter with the dogs, a characteristic McEwan set piece, is described in chilling detail, and recalls Arthur Conan Doyles 'The Hound of The Baskervilles' If you have ever had a terrifying, life-changing encounter with 'mans best friend', this novels for you. An absolute 'must-have' title for Ian McEwan collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Ian McEwan. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page or bookplate, as many copies online are. It comes with a pristine copy of the Souvenir Program of the landmark event, 'Martin Amis and Ian McEwan Introduced by Salman Rushdie', a rare public appearance by the so-called triumvirate of contemporary British literature, during which McEwans signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976 and the Booker Prize in 1998 for 'Amsterdam' Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2002 for 'Atonement' One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1446

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Black Dogs

Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1992

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Signiert: Signed by author

Auflage: 1st Edition.