Published by Knopf Canada, 2001
ISBN 10: 067697340X ISBN 13: 9780676973402
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Good. Richardson, C. S. (Jacket Design) (illustrator). First Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Published by Random House USA Inc, 2002
ISBN 10: 0676973418 ISBN 13: 9780676973419
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Published by Knopf, Toronto, 2001
ISBN 10: 067697340X ISBN 13: 9780676973402
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Richardson, C. S. (Jacket Design) (illustrator). First Edition. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 438 pages; "The novel tells the story of the Mennonite people from the early days of persecution in sixteenth-century Netherlands, and follows their emigration to Danzig, London, Russia, and the Americas, through the horrors of World War II, to settlement in Paraguay and Canada. It is told episodically in a double-stranded narrative. The first strand consists of different voices of historical figures. The other narrative voice is that of Adam Wiebe, born in Saskatchewan in 1935, whom we encounter at telling stages of his life: as a small boy playing in the bush, as a student hunting caribou a week before his wedding, and as a middle-aged man carefully negotiating a temporary separation from his wife. As Adam faces the collapse of his marriage and the disappearance of his daughter, he becomes obsessed with understanding his ancestral past. Wiebe meshes the history of a people with the story of a modern family, laying bare the complexities of desire and family love, religious faith and human frailty. The past comes brilliantly alive, beginning with the horrors of the Reformation, when Weynken Claes Wybe is burned at the stake for heretical views on Communion. We are caught up in the great events of each century, as we follow in the footsteps of Adam's forebears: the genius engineer who invented the cable-car system; the artist Enoch Seeman, who found acclamation at the royal court in London after having been forbidden to paint by the Elders; Anna, who endures the great wagon trek across the Volga in 1860, leaving behind her hopes of marriage so that her brothers will escape conscription in the Prussian army; and Elizabeth Katerina, caught in the Red Army's advance into Germany when rape and pillage are the rewards given to soldiers. The title of the novel, taken from a hymn, reflects the beauty and sorrow of these stories of courage. In a startling act of invention, Sweeter Than All the World sets one man's quest for family and love against centuries of turmoil.".
Published by Knopf, Toronto, 2001
ISBN 10: 067697340X ISBN 13: 9780676973402
Signed
Hardcover. Richardson, C. S. (Jacket Design) (illustrator). pp. 438. 8vo. Burgundy binding with gilt lettering. Light shelfwear, author's inscription to title page, small bookplate to half title page; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. SIGNED by Wiebe.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada., Toronto, 2001
ISBN 10: 067697340X ISBN 13: 9780676973402
Seller: Ken Jackson, Calgary, AB, Canada
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Richardson, C. S. (Jacket Design) (illustrator). First Edition. First edition hardcover in dust jacket. Mr. Wiebe is a two time winner of the Governor General's Award and an Officer of the Order of Canada among other honours. Fine/Fine. Signed copy. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Knopf, Toronto, 2001
ISBN 10: 067697340X ISBN 13: 9780676973402
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Richardson, C. S. (Jacket Design) (illustrator). 1st. Only slight wear to book and DJ ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.50 X 5.90 X 1.40 inches; 438 pages; The novel tells the story of the Mennonite people from the early days of persecution in sixteenth-century Netherlands, and follows their emigration to Danzig, London, Russia, and the Americas, through the horrors of World War II, to settlement in Paraguay and Canada. It is told episodically in a double-stranded narrative. The first strand consists of different voices of historical figures. The other narrative voice is that of Adam Wiebe, born in Saskatchewan in 1935, whom we encounter at telling stages of his life: as a small boy playing in the bush, as a student hunting caribou a week before his wedding, and as a middle-aged man carefully negotiating a temporary separation from his wife. As Adam faces the collapse of his marriage and the disappearance of his daughter, he becomes obsessed with understanding his ancestral past. Wiebe meshes the history of a people with the story of a modern family, laying bare the complexities of desire and family love, religious faith and human frailty.The past comes brilliantly alive, beginning with the horrors of the Reformation, when Weynken Claes Wybe is burned at the stake for heretical views on Communion. We are caught up in the great events of each century, as we follow in the footsteps of Adam's forebears: the genius engineer who invented the cable-car system; the artist Enoch Seeman, who found acclamation at the royal court in London after having been forbidden to paint by the Elders; Anna, who endures the great wagon trek across the Volga in 1860, leaving behind her hopes of marriage so that her brothers will escape conscription in the Prussian army; and Elizabeth Katerina, caught in the Red Army's advance into Germany when rape and pillage are the rewards given to soldiers. The title of the novel, taken from a hymn, reflects the beauty and sorrow of these stories of courage. In a startling act of invention, Sweeter Than All the World sets one man's quest for family and love against centuries of turmoil.
Published by Knopf Canada, Toronto, 2001
ISBN 10: 067697340X ISBN 13: 9780676973402
Seller: Neil Williams, Bookseller, Victoria, BC, Canada
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: F/NF. First Edition. Lightest of wear to unclipped jacket. The story of the Russian Mennonites told through a single lens. SIGNED by the author on the title page 434 pp.
Published by Knopf Canada, Toronto, 2001
ISBN 10: 067697340X ISBN 13: 9780676973402
Seller: Purpora Books, Comox, BC, Canada
First Edition Signed
Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Plus. Richardson, C. S. (Jacket Design) (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Some minor wrinkling along the top and bottom edges of the dust jacket. A novel by this Canadian author, a story of the Mennonites, spanning five centuries and three continents. 438 pages. Inscribed by author on the title page "For ___ - peace / Rudy Wiebe 2002". Signed by Author.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, New York, 2001
ISBN 10: 067697340X ISBN 13: 9780676973402
Signed
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Richardson, C. S. (Jacket Design) (illustrator). 8vo pp. 434, signed and dated on the title page. "Rudy Wiebeās latest novel is at once an enthralling saga of the Mennonite people and one manās emotional voyage into his heritage and his own self-discovery. Ambitious in its historical sweep, tender and humane, Sweeter Than All the World takes us on an extraordinary odyssey never?. Signed by Author. book.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Toronto, 2001
Seller: Reeve & Clarke Books (ABAC / ILAB), South River, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. burgandy publisher's paper covered boards; lettering in gilt on spine; black pictorial dust jacket; lettering in white and yellow on spine and on front cover; 438 pages; dust jacket not price clipped; $35.95 on fornt flap.