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Ondaatje, Michael : Divisadero

Swiat Ksiazki, Warsaw, 2009

ISBN 9788324707355

Divisadero takes us from the city of San Francisco to the raucous backrooms of Nevada's casinos, and eventually to the landscape of south central France. It is here, outside a small rural village, that Anna becomes immersed in the life and the world of a writer from an earlier time - Lucien Segura. His compelling story, which has its beginnings at the turn of the century, circles around "the raw truth" of Anna's own life, the one she's left behind but can never truly leave. And as the narrative moves back and forth in time and place, we discover each of the characters managing to find some foothold in a present rough-hewn from the past. Translated into Polish by Krysztof Pulawsky, 268p.[6 copies found in WorldCat]. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Laminated Hardcover

1st Polish Edition

Ondaatje, Michael : Divisadero

Alfred A. Knopf, New York City, NY, 2007

ISBN 0307266354

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 273 pages. The author's fifth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. The Canadian (which normally precedes) and American Editions were released simultaneously. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Michael Ondaatje's "Divisadero". At the absolute top of his form. Cements his stature as a writer's writer, evident in another celebrated writer's rave review: "The story is simple, almost mythical, stemming from a family on a California farm that is ruptured just as it is about to begin. Two daughters, Anna and Claire, are raised not just as siblings but with the intense bond of twins. Coop, a boy from a neighboring farm, is folded into the girls' lives as a hired hand and quasi-brother. Anna, Claire, and Coop form a triangle that is intimate and interdependent, a triangle that brutally explodes less than thirty pages into the book. We are left with a handful of glass, both narratively and thematically. But 'Divisadero' is a deeply ordered, full-bodied work, and the fragmented characters, severed from their shared past, persevere in relation to one another, illuminating both what it means to belong to a family and what it means to be alone in the world. The notion of twins, of one becoming two, pervades the novel, and so the farm in California is mirrored by a farm in France, the setting for another plot line in the second half of the book, giving us, in a sense, two novels in one. The stories are not only connected but calibrated by Ondaatje to reveal a haunting pattern of parallels, echoes, and reflections across time and place. Like Nabokov, another master of twin-ning, Ondaatje's method is deliberate but discreet, and it was only in re-reading this beautiful book that the intricate play of doubles was revealed. Every sign of the author's genius is here: The searing imagery, the incandescent writing, the calm probing of life's most turbulent and devastating experiences. No one writes as affectingly about passion, about time and memory, about violence, subjects that have shaped Ondaatje's previous novels. But there is a greater muscularity to 'Divisadero', an intensity born from its restraint. Episodes are boiled down to their essential elements, distilled but dramatic, resulting in a mosaic of profound dignity, with an elegiac quietude that only the greatest of writers can achieve" (Jhumpa Lahiri). An absolute "must-have" title for Michael Ondaatje collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Michael Ondaatje. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws (rubbing, creasing, and wear on the DJ, bumps on the corners, and wear on the spine) even if they are New. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1992 for "The English Patient". One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MICHAEL ONDAATJE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0307266354.

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ONDAATJE**, MICHAEL: : DIVISADERO.**

LONDON.BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC.,2007.

ISBN 9780747589242.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10-1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, monochrome photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with black and fluorescent gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A tiny closed tear on top front edge,towards top corner,miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges though slightly aged/toned are bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, would appear unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked fluorescent gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,a red headband and maroon sewn-in bookmark ribbon,and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-273pp [paginated] includes 3 parts/sections; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,prose preamble page,parts separator pages,and to rear: acknowledgements,2pp blanks,and a note on type used. Northern California.A farmer and his teenage daughters,Anna and Claire,work the land with the help of Coop,the enigmatic young man who lives with them.Theirs is a makeshift family,until they are riven by an incident of violence - of both hand and heart - that 'sets fire to the rest of their lives'. Anna will come to rest amid the calming landscape of south-central France.There, she delves into the story of a writer who, decades earlier,lived in the isolated house she now occupies - a story that circles around the 'raw truth' of her own life,the one she's left behind but can never truly leave.And while Anna's story lies at the heart of the novel,the narrative sweeps across the terrain of the lives of Coop and Claire as well,each of them managing to find some foothold in a present rough-hewn from the past. This is a story of possession and loss,about the often discordant demands of family,love and memory.Written in the sensuous prose for which Michael Ondaatje's fiction is celebrated, 'DIVISADERO' is the work of a master story-teller. Want more Michael ONDAATJE titles? For similar of other available UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edns,please search my 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

ONDAATJE**, MICHAEL: : DIVISADERO.**

LONDON.BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC,2007.

ISBN 9780747589242.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj, with gilt+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Production fault(?) black mark to rear panel of dw/dj - as is unremovable or erasable.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a red headband and sewn-in maroon silk bookmark ribbon,and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,9-273pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication,Pts separator pages,and to the rear,acknowledgements,2pp blanks and a note on type (font). Northern Caifornia.A farmer and his teenage daughter,Anna and Claire,work the land with the help of Coop,the enigmatic young man who lives with them.Theirs is a makeshift family,until they are riven by an incident of violence - of both hand and heart - that 'sets fire to the rest of their lives'. Anna will come to rest amid the calming landscape of south-central France.There, she delves into the story of a writer who, decades earlier,lived in the isolated house she now occupies - a story that circles around the 'raw truth' of her own life,the one she's left behind but can never truly leave.And while Anna's story lies at the heart of the novel,the narrative sweeps across the terrain of the lives of Coop and Claire as well,each of them managing to find some foothold in a present rough-hewn from the past. This is a story of possession and loss, about the often discordant demands of family,love and memory.Written in the sensuous prose for which Michael Ondaatje's fiction is celebrated, 'Divisadero' is the work of a master story-teller. Want more Michael ONDAATJE titles? For similar of other available UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edns,please search my 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

Ondaatje, Michael : Divisadero

Knopf, N.Y., 2007

ISBN 0307266354

A new copy signed by Ondaatje on the title page. Removable "Autographed" sticker on dust jacket.. Fiction. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine

First Edition
Signed by Author

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