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In this story set in East Texas, a local seamstress named Chintana finds herself responsible for five orphans who are not only captivated by a storyteller’s tale of vengeance but by the long black box he sets before them. As midnight approaches, the box is opened, a fateful dare is made, and the children as well as Chintana come face to face with the consequences of a malice retold and now foretold.
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The Fifty Year Sword is a clever experiment in voice and structure, a prose poem consisting of cascading waves of dialogue spoken by five different narrators looking back on a single frightening night. . . . The joy of the book comes mostly from the physical act of turning the pages and scanning the layout, but the language deserves mention as well. In fact, some of the diction and words echo Lewis Carroll s Jabberwocky or James Joyce s Finnegans Wake, as separate words and phrases collide to make one and bits of words rearrange to form new ones. . . . A rare treat for devoted book lovers. --Boston Globe
This gorgeous trade edition . . . gives further evidence that Danielewski is one of the most gifted and versatile writers of our time. --Washington Post
A swift, old-style ghost story with crisp, eerie illustrations. The text itself becomes blade cuts. The tale s momentum and dark tone take over, speeding the story to its surprise end. . . . The Fifty Year Sword is a pleasure to read. --Chicago Tribune
This gorgeous trade edition . . . gives further evidence that Danielewski is one of the most gifted and versatile writers of our time. --Washington Post
A swift, old-style ghost story with crisp, eerie illustrations. The text itself becomes blade cuts. The tale s momentum and dark tone take over, speeding the story to its surprise end. . . . The Fifty Year Sword is a pleasure to read. --Chicago Tribune
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- EditoreCargo Publishing
- Data di pubblicazione2014
- ISBN 10 1908885998
- ISBN 13 9781908885999
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine216
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THE FIFTY YEAR SWORD [First UK Trade Edition]
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Peter Van Sambeek (illustratore). First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition of this unusual book - with number-string sequence on the publisher's prelims copyright page: 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1. Illustrated by Peter Van Sambeek. Printed in the Czech Republic. The book was originally published in 2005 by De Bezige Bij in the Netherlands in a limited edition of 1000 copies, 51 of which were signed. The book was re-issued in a different format in 2012 by Pantheon Books, New York. ***Near fine in pictorial colour illustrated boards, with stitching designs. Head and tail of spine just very slightly bumped. Corners sharp. Boards clean and unmarked. No inscriptions. Pages clean. Printed on expensive art-grade paper stock. Illustrated in colour throughout. ***In a very good colour printed dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of £20.00. Dustwrapper just slightly rubbed and creased at the extremities, mainly at the bottom of the spine. No tears. Dustwrapper has just a hint of fading to the orange on the spine, otherwise bright and clean. ***285 pages. 235mm x 135mm. ***'One Halloween night at a party held at an East Texas ranch house, a local seamstress named Chintana finds herself thrown into the role of chaperone for five rambunctious orphans. Not surprisingly, the children's energies prove barely containable, even with promises of cake and a storyteller. The storyteller, however, is not what anyone expects. Looming and cloaked in dark, he entertains the orphans with a tale twisted out of vengeance and violence. He does not come empty-handed, either. At their feet he sets a long, narrow box sealed with five latches. ***"I am a bad man with a very black heart," he warns them. And it was only that badness and blackness which forced me to seek out what I have carried now for many years and brought this night for you. An unsettling thing to say to anyone, especially to children. But as Chintana soon discovers, this is just the beginning. Her concerns only mount as the storyteller offers more and more menacing details about what consequences lie hidden within that long, narrow box. ***To make matters worse, the orphans, one by one, lean forward and lift the latches ---' [Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper] ***'Originally published as a large-size limited edition and subsequently performed only on Halloween night as a live shadow show, The Fifty Year Sword is finally available in hardcover, complete with newly stitched illustrations and autumnal quotation marks.' [Quote taken from rear flap of dustwrapper] ***First impression of the first UK edition of this interesting novel, produced to a high standard on art paper, in its original dustwrapper in very nice condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Codice articolo 6952
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition, First Printing. Signed & dated 4-17-14.Protected in an acid-free asrchival acetate cover, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a box. Codice articolo DDR5545
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