THE BOOK OF JONAS

Dau, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 0399158456 ISBN 13: 9780399158452

Published by Blue Rider Press, New York, 2012

Language: English

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Signed slipcased first edition of Dau's debut novel, the story of a post-9/11 war refugee in Pittsburgh, issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature (Claire Messud, George Saunders, Michael Chabon, Annie Proulx, Donna Tartt, J.M. Coetzee, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, Siri Hustvedt) and publishing (McSweeney's, Graywolf, Algonquin). Installments commonly include a signed and slipcased recent release, as well as one or more promotional titles (usually ARCs or the like, but sometimes advance excerpts). 8'' x 5.5''. Original tan boards. In original unclipped ($24.95) dust jacket. In original publisher's black cloth slipcase. 258 pages. With original INDIESPENSABLE booklet. Signed by Dau on title page. Minimal edgewear.

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THE BOOK OF JONAS

Publisher

Blue Rider Press, New York

Publication Date

2012

Language

English

ISBN 10

0399158456

ISBN 13

9780399158452

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Fine in fine jacket.

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An exceptional debut novel about a young Muslim war orphan whose family is killed in a military operation gone wrong, and the American soldier to whom his fate, and survival, is bound. Jonas is fifteen when his family is killed during an errant U.S. military operation in an unnamed Muslim country. With the help of an international relief organization, he is sent to America, where he struggles to assimilate-foster family, school, a first love. Eventually, he tells a court-mandated counselor and therapist about a U.S. soldier, Christopher Henderson, responsible for saving his life on the tragic night in question. Christopher's mother, Rose, has dedicated her life to finding out what really happened to her son, who disappeared after the raid in which Jonas' village was destroyed. When Jonas meets Rose, a shocking and painful secret gradually surfaces from the past, and builds to a shattering conclusion that haunts long after the final page. Told in spare, evocative

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Stephen Dau is from Western Pennsylvania and lives in Brussels. He worked for ten years in post-war reconstruction and international development prior to studying creative writing, at Johns Hopkins University and Bennington, where he received an MFA. His work has appeared in McSweeney's, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, on MSNBC, and elsewhere. The Book of Jonas is his first novel.

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