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Tuck, Lily : The News From Paraguay: A Novel

HarperCollins Publishers, New York City, NY, 2004

ISBN 0066209447

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 250 pages. The author's fourth novel. Now widely 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. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Lily Tuck's "The News From Paraguay". Her finest novel thus far. "Told largely through Ella Lynch, a blond, fair-skinned Irishwoman who, while a courtesan in Paris, met Francisco Solano Lopez, the son of Paraguay's dictator. She became his mistress and after Lopez (known as Franco) succeeded his father, she was the most powerful woman in the country. As an Irishwoman in Paraguay, Tuck's Ella is an outsider. But so, in a way, is Franco, a megalomaniac who builds a theatre modelled on La Scala and wages a disastrous war against Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. Paraguay's malarial swamps and faux-European high society are the perfect setting for Tuck's dark wit, and her novel is quickened by such details as Ella's pink marble palace and her son's 'necklace', made from the ears of enemy soldiers on a rawhide string" (The New Yorker Magazine). A literary "unputdownable" if there ever was one, this is an absolute "must-have" title for Lily Tuck collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Lily Tuck. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Tuck participated in the "Writers On Writers" 2011 project, during which her signature was obtained. Laid-in is a copy of the Souvenir Announcement Leaflet. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the National Book Award for "The News From Paraguay" in 2004. One of the finest American novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPY OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0066209447.

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Tuck, Lily : The News From Paraguay: A Novel

HarperCollins Publishers, New York City, NY, 2004

ISBN 0066209447

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 250 pages. The author's fourth novel. Now widely 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. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Lily Tuck's "The News From Paraguay". Her finest novel thus far. "Told largely through Ella Lynch, a blond, fair-skinned Irishwoman who, while a courtesan in Paris, met Francisco Solano Lopez, the son of Paraguay's dictator. She became his mistress and after Lopez (known as Franco) succeeded his father, she was the most powerful woman in the country. As an Irishwoman in Paraguay, Tuck's Ella is an outsider. But so, in a way, is Franco, a megalomaniac who builds a theatre modelled on La Scala and wages a disastrous war against Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. Paraguay's malarial swamps and faux-European high society are the perfect setting for Tuck's dark wit, and her novel is quickened by such details as Ella's pink marble palace and her son's 'necklace', made from the ears of enemy soldiers on a rawhide string" (The New Yorker Magazine). A literary "unputdownable" if there ever was one, this is an absolute "must-have" title for Lily Tuck collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Lily Tuck. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with a rare pristine copy of the beautifully produced National Book Awards Souvenir Program, which emphasizes "The News From Paraguay" on its cover. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the National Book Award for "The News From Paraguay" in 2004. One of the finest American novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPY OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0066209447.

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