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Hemon, Aleksandar (Editor); McCann, Colum; Grytten, Frode; Ciocan, Iulian & Other Contributors : Best European Fiction 2011

Dalkey Archive Press, Champaign, IL, 2011

ISBN 1564786005

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 520 pages. Collection of outstanding contemporary European fiction. The Second Volume in the projected annual "Best European Fiction" Series. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. Edited with an Introduction by Aleksandar Hemon and a Preface by Colum McCann. Contributions by various authors. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Volume Two of the Best European Fiction. With authors ranging from the familiar (Hilary Mantel) to the obscure (Macedonia's Blaze Minevski) to the internationally acclaimed but under-appreciated (Spain's Enrique Vila-Matas; Hungary's Laszlo Krasznahorkai; Poland's Olga Tokarczuk). "The Second Volume makes good on the first's promise. Zurab Lezhava's 'Sex for Fridge' is the madcap story of a Georgian woman who tries to trade her body for a discount on a run-down refrigerator. Iulian Ciocan's 'Auntie Frosea' takes as its depressing protagonist an impoverished Moldovan housewife whose only knowledge of the world outside her village comes from the beamed-in Brazilian soap opera she's addicted to. With stories from Montenegro, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Turkey, Estonia, and most of Western Europe, packs both a stylistic punch and a satisfying range" (Publishers Weekly). An absolute "must-have" title for Alesandar Hemon, Colum McCann, and contemporary literature collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen by Aleksandar Hemon and Colum McCann. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It is also very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on their Contributions by Frode Grytten and Iulian Ciocan. They made rare appearances at the 2011 PEN World Festival. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the 60-page Souvenir Program. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such multi-signed copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. Some of the world's greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALEKSANDAR HEMON AND COLUM MCCANN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1564786005.

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