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Davis, Lydia (Author) & Weinberger, Eliot (Co-Author) : Two American Scenes: New Directions Poetry Pamphlet Series

New Directions, New York City, NY, 2013

ISBN 0811220419

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 56 pages. The authors' prose-poems. One of Lydia Davis' most beautiful works. 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 and as Volume 2 of the New Directions Poetry Pamphlet Series. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Lydia Davis' "Our Village" and Eliot Weinberger's "A Journey On The Colorado River". A brilliant juxtaposition. "Reminds us that American history is rich with material for contemporary artists, and that the seeds of patriotism are simple and enduring: A patch of land, a handful of human beings. But like all good patriots, they have their disagreements. Davis reveres the American landscape for all that it gives us. Weinberger reveres it for what it challenges us to become" (Fiction Magazine). "The best prose stylist in America" (Rick Moody). An absolute "must-have" title for Lydia Davis collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on her Contribution by Lydia Davis. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such 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. Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2003. Finalist for the National Book Award in 2007 for "Varieties of Disturbance". One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LYDIA DAVIS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0811220419.

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