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Hemon, Aleksandar : The Book Of My Lives

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York City, NY, 2013

ISBN 0374115737

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 215 pages. The author's debut collection of essays. One of the most important literary events of our time. 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 which sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Aleksandar Hemon's "The Book of My Lives". A collection of brilliant and moving personal essays. The biggest casualty of the Internet has been literature. The essay form, not being as central as the novel to begin with, has been hijacked by online experts and critics, who arrived at their exalted positions overnight. When you go online, you will find literally millions of blogs and comment-threads from "writers" who all think they have something worthwhile to say. The greatest failure of the Internet is that it is (irreversibly) dominated not by great narratives but by knowing commentary, 99.9% of it worthless, mainly because it is not clear what the Grand Narrative, on which all commentary depends, is. Hemon captures the dilemma of the Internet Generation (which actually includes most of us) in one scathing observation: "Inoculated against speechlessness, they [that is, we] have no access to the unspeakable". "The greatest writer of our generation. His literature is deep, agile, funny, graceful, searing, angry, raw, questioning" (Colum McCann). An absolute "must-have" title for Aleksandar Hemon collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (shortly after publication) in metallic silver pen-marker on the title page by the author: "Aleksandar Hemon 3/29/2013 NYC". 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, placed, and post-publication dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially 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. Finalist of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2002 for "Nowhere Man". Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2004. Finalist for the National Book Award in 2008 for "The Lazarus Project". One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALEKSANDAR HEMON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374115737.

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