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McEWAN, Ian : Amsterdam

London: Jonathan Cape, 1998.

8vo, 21.6cm. Pp. 178. Black boards with silver title lettering to backstrip, pict. dust-jacket, not price-clipped. Faint shadow of small label (?) to front end-paper, otherwise a flawless and apparently unread copy. - First edition.

McEwan, Ian : Amsterdam

Doubleday, New York City, NY, 1999

ISBN 0385494238

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 193 pages. The author's seventh 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. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Ian McEwan's "Amsterdam". A masterly, "compressed" novel. Flawlessly written, not a single word wasted, not a single note wrong, a work of writerly virtuosity even by McEwan's lapidary standards. "Amsterdam" takes place in the claustrophobic world of ruling-class London, except for the final chapter, which happens, if that is the right word, in the eponymous city, one of the most evocative endings in late-20th century British literature. It is the "set-piece" counterpoint to McEwan's equally dazzling opening chapter in "Enduring Love". In both instances, the novel's characters, themes, aura of anguish and terror, and true meaning are woven together seamlessly in prose of breathtaking descriptive power. McEwan is often presented with his contemporaries, Julian Barnes and Martin Amis, as comprising the United Kingdom's reigning trio of best living "native" writers (the others being bunched together as exceptional "immigrant" overachievers). For the crystalline purity and sheer beauty of his style as well as the unmistakable, pitch-perfect "sound" of his writing voice, McEwan is in a class of his own. "McEwan is one of the finest literary storytellers alive. He implants in the memory a living, flaming presence" (The New Republic). An absolute "must-have" title for Ian McEwan collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Ian McEwan. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great book. 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, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976 for "First Love, Last Rites". Winner of the Booker Prize in 1998 for "Amsterdam". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2002 for "Atonement". One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER IAN MCEWAN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0385494238.

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McEwan, Ian : AMSTERDAM

Jonathan Cape, London, 1998

ISBN 0224051709

8vo. 178pp. Pictorial d.j. Small tear to the lower front flap fold [1 cm] otherwise fine. No inscriptions fading or marks.[24681097531]. No Booker Prize short-listing label.. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardback. Jacket: Fine

1st edition, 1st impression

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