Synopsis
Those who read Danielewski before, will be aware that his expansive realistic writing is simply unique in its kind. For those who have not read House of Leaves, this could be the very opportunity to get to meet easily with his border-seeking literature, that has already appealed to so many fans.
One late October evening at an East Texas
ranch, Chintana, a seamstress recovering from
a painful divorce, comes across a Story Teller
caped in shadow recounting for five orphans a
tale of unspoken revenge, a harrowing quest,
and a terrible sword which everyone soon
enough realizes waits before them concealed
in a long black box.
The children quickly understand the tale is but
prologue to crime. Yet it is Chintana who must
challenge the consequences of that blade's
peculiar edge, which from hilt to point never
fails to sever, even if its terrors depend entirely
on time and malice.
Read aloud THE FIFTY YEAR SWORD will
captivate any child. Read alone the complexities
of nameless voices, misplaced narratives of
hate, and the horrors of delayed violence,
which only our retellings can rescue and restore,
will thrill and touch the sharpest reader.
Once again Mark Z. Danielewski challenges
how we authorize ourselves, mischievously
playing with layout, color and the wide potentials
of perspective in order to create a hugely
entertaining story about a sword none will forget
though some may recall encountering and
a few will even acknowledge wielding.
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The Fifty Year Sword
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De Bezige BIJ, Amsterdam, 2005
ISBN 10: 9023418778
ISBN 13: 9789023418771
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Peter van Sambeck (illustrator). Amsterdam: De Bezige BIJ:, 2005. First English language edition, Hardcover, SIGNED, Limited, Fine in Fine dust jacket, 98 pp. Cover artwork by: Peter van Sambeck This English language edition limited to 1000 copies. This copy signed by the author with his custromary "Z." First English language edition, Hardcover, SIGNED, Limited, Fine in Fine dust jacket, Seller Inventory # 66612
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The Fifty-Year Sword
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ISBN 10: 9023418778
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing of the English language version. One of only a thousand copies in the first print run of these only 51 were signed and numbered. This copy is one of those 51 and as called for signed with a large "Z" and numbered [42/51]. Signed by Mark Z. Danielewski. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001969
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ISBN 10: 9023418778
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Amsterdam [2005]. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Publisher: De Bezige Bij. There were 1,000 copies printed in English, and another 1000 copies in Dutch. This is one of the copies in ENGLISH. 51 copies were signed and numbered by Danielewski with his characteristic "Z." This is one of those signed and numbered copies. NEW, in dust jacket. A pristine unread copy. NO defects, smells, marks, etc. Shipped in well padded box. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 10-06-00