***** A very nice example of Saramago's masterpiece. ***** CONDITION: Both the book and dust jacket are in NEAR FINE condition. The dust jacket is the true first printing jacket (without the Nobel Prize Winner mention). The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($22.00). It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. ***** Very nice hardcover with dust jacket. The author has not inscribed this book to anyone it is just signed by the author. ***** This book is SIGNED by the author (Jose Saramago) on the title page. ***** This is the true first American edition, first printing (with "First edition" and "A C E F D B" stated on the copyright page). Blindness was adapted into film and was directed by Fernando Meirelles and starred Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo. With a grim, sometimes monotonously repetitive accumulation of detail, he constructs what in some respects could be a circle of Dantean hell." (Los Angeles Times Sunday). "Blindness is the darkest and most concentrated of Saramago's books.
He has more books to write." (The Houston Chronicle). It's a major contribution to Saramago's oeuvre. Blindness is "bounding in the perseverance and hope (and absurdity and horror) of everyday lives, Blindness is of the ages: profound by being elemental. Harold Bloom described Saramago as "the greatest living novelist" and considers him to be "a permanent part of the Western canon (Evans, 2002). Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Boldly signed by Jose Saramago on the title page. Signed by Author(s).Īdvanced reading copy of the first edition of the author's masterpiece. Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying and Selling Modern First Editions since 1982). All books are packaged very carefully and shipped via USPS Mail with Delivery Confirmation. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied.
We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. ***** CONDITION: This book is in FINE condition. The copyright page states "First edition" and "A C E F D B". It is the Advance Reading Copy (ARC), issued before the hardcover first edition. **** This is the true first American edition, first printing.
0 kommentar(er)
