THE CASKET OF TIME - Rare Pristine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed And Inscribed With Original Drawing by Andri Snaer Magnason - ONLY SIGNED COPY ONLINE

Magnason, Andri Snaer (Translated by Bjorg Arnadottir And Andrew Cauthery)

ISBN 10: 1632062054 / ISBN 13: 9781632062055

Published by Brooklyn, NY: Restless Books, 2019, 2019

About this Item

1st Printing. Signed. 263 pages. Published in 2019. The author's fifth book to be translated into English. One of Andri Snaer Magnason's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and 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 book is very beautifully produced and features dazzling original art by Katla Ros and Ragnar Mar on the cover. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Andri Snaer Magnason's "Timakistan" in a felicitous English translation. From Iceland, which contributes to world culture disproportionately, an enchanting and thoughtful time travel narrative. "Teen-ager Sigrun is sick of all the apocalyptic news about The Situation and her parents' obsession with it. Sigrun's family, along with everyone else, decides to hibernate in their TimeBoxes, hoping for someone else to fix the world's problems. But when Sigrun's TimeBox opens too early, she discovers an abandoned city overrun by wilderness and joins a band of kids who are helping a researcher named Grace solve The Situation. The world, according to Grace, is under an ancient curse. There once was a princess named Obsidiana, who was trapped in time by the greedy King of Pangea. To protect Obsidiana from dark and gloomy days, the king put her in a crystal casket made of spider silk woven so tightly that time couldn't penetrate it. The king's greed for power doomed his kingdom and the trapped princess. Sigrun sees eerie parallels between the tale of Obsidiana and the present-day crisis, and realizes it's up to her and her friends to break the ancient curse and fix the world" (Publisher's blurb). "The love child of Chomsky and Lewis Carroll" (Rebecca Solnit). An absolute "must-have" title for Andri Snaer Magnason collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and inscribed in black ink-pen on the front free endpaper by the author: "Best best, Andri Snaer Magnason". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. There is no recipient named. Magnason also added above his signature a lovely cartoon-drawing of Sigrun embarked on her time travel adventure. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and inscribed copy (with Original Drawing) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. ISBN 1632062054.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE CASKET OF TIME - Rare Pristine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed And Inscribed With Original Drawing by Andri Snaer Magnason - ONLY SIGNED COPY ONLINE
• Publisher: Brooklyn, NY: Restless Books, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1632062054
• ISBN 13: 9781632062055
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: None, As Issued
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

An entrancing adventure for today’s troubled planet, The Casket of Time is a fantastical tale of time travel and environmental calamity from celebrated Icelandic author Andri Snær Magnason.

Teenage Sigrun is sick of all the apocalyptic news about the “situation” and, worse, her parents’ obsession with it. Sigrun’s family―along with everyone else―decides to hibernate in their TimeBoxes®, hoping for someone else to fix the world’s problems . But when Sigrun’s TimeBox® opens too early, she discovers an abandoned city overrun by wilderness and joins a band of kids who are helping a researcher named Grace solve the “situation.”

The world, according to Grace, is under an ancient curse. There once was a princess named Obsidiana, who was trapped in time by the greedy king of Pangea. To protect Obsidiana from dark and gloomy days, the king put her in a crystal casket made of spider silk woven so tightly that time itself couldn’t penetrate. The king’s greed for power doomed his kingdom and the trapped princess. Sigrun sees eerie parallels between the tale of Obsidiana and the present-day crisis, and realizes it’s up to her and her friends to break the ancient curse and fix the world.

About the Author

Andri Snær Magnason is an Icelandic writer, born in Reykjavik on the 14th of July 1973. Andri has written novels, poetry, plays, short stories, essays and films. He studied Icelandic literature at the University of Iceland. His novel LoveStar got a Philip K. Dick Special Citation, the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire in France, and “Novel of The Year” in Iceland. The Story of the Blue Planet was the first children’s book to receive the Icelandic Literary Award and has been published or performed in 35 countries. The Story of the Blue Planet received the Janusz Korczak Honorary Award in Poland 2000. Andri has collaborated with various artists. He has been active in the fight for preserving the nature of Iceland. His book Dreamland: A Self Help Manual for a Frightened Nation takes on these issues and has sold more than 20,000 copies in Iceland. He co-directed Dreamland, a feature-length documentary film based on the book. Footage from an interview with Andri can be seen in the Academy Award–winning documentary Inside Job by Charles Ferguson. His most recent book, The Casket of Time, has now been published in about 10 languages and was nominated as the best fantasy book in Finland in 2016, along with books by Ursula K. le Guin and David Mitchell. Andri Snær lives in Reykjavík with his wife Margrét, and four children.