ART AND LIES (First edition, first impression - a near fine copy)

Jeanette Winterson

ISBN 10: 0224031457 / ISBN 13: 9780224031455

Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1994

About this Item

First impression of the true first edition, with the full number-string sequence including the no "1": 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 on the printer's page. The dustwrapper shows the oil painting 'Poeta Rimasto Sneza Parole' by Massimo Rao. ***Near fine in burgundy cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked, with no discernible faults. No bumps, creases or tears. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine, with no inscriptions. No creases or tears. Pages clean. ***In a near fine pictorial dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £14.99. The dustwrapper also has no discernible faults. No creases, chips or tears, and the spine of dustwrapper is unfaded (uncommon with this title). ***215 pages. 242mm x 162mm. ***'"Art & Lies" is a rich book, bawdy and beautiful, shocking because of its beauty, an antidote against the numbness of modern life. "Art & Lies" is a dangerous book, banked with ideas forced out of the words themselves, not words for things, but words that are living things with the power to move.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***The reader must patch the plot together by picking out clues that are embedded, unchronologically, in what might be called a tapestry of words --- except that a tapestry presents a static picture, and what Winterson has created here has the quality of movement, more like the play of a great many shifting, shimmering lights. ***At once playful and deeply serious, Winterson conjures up her alternate world with language that is bold and strange and often dazzlingly beautiful. (Quote - Jeanne DuPrau, San Francisco Chronicle) ***First impression of the true first edition in its original dustwrapper in beautiful, collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ART AND LIES (First edition, first impression - a near fine copy)
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224031457
• ISBN 13: 9780224031455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Massimo Rao (Dustwrapper illustration)
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: First Impression
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

A novel by the author of "Oranges are not the Only Fruit", which won the Whitbread First Novel Award in 1985, "The Passion", which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1987, "Sexing the Cherry" and "Written on the Body".

From the Back Cover

"Winterson's most ambitious work...beautiful writing, shaped line by line into word sculptures....I salute Winterson's skill at word-turning and word-spinning, her ability to mint shining images in a few golden lines." — The Independent on Sunday, U.K.

"Several leaps forward in sophistication and technique from The Passion, which won the 1987 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize....a smooth-running...piece of machinery, which throws out... brilliant sparks." — The Montreal Gazette

"Dazzling...truly exciting to read." — The Times, U.K.

"Powerful." — The Toronto Sun

"Winterson soars with Art and Lies." — The Calgary Herald

"Expands the gender game...hurtles along so breathtakingly...Intriguing...Profound." — Now magazine

"If words were diamonds and sentences necklaces, Jeanette Winterson would be the De Beers of literature." — Entertainment Weekly