Exhalation: Stories (Signed First Edition)

Ted Chiang

ISBN 10: 1101947888 / ISBN 13: 9781101947883

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2019

About this Item

First edition. First printing. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. A pristine unread copy. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket cover. Price intact on front jacket flap. Shipped in well-padded box. Purchased new and opened only for author to sign, no inscriptions, just the author's name and the date of signing. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page in gold ink in June 2019, within the month of publication. A surprise best seller that almost immediately went into later printings. This is the FIRST PRINTING. You cannot find a better copy. NOTE: Chosen as one of the 10 Best Books of 2019 by the editors of The Times Book Review. This is Chiang's second collection of short stories, after the 2002 book "Stories of Your Life and Others." EXHALATION contains nine stories; seven were initially published between 2005 and 2015; "Omphalos" and "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom" are published in this collection for the first time.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exhalation: Stories (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1101947888
• ISBN 13: 9781101947883
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine.

In “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate,” a portal through time forces a fabric seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and second chances. In “Exhalation,” an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications that are literally universal. In “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom,” the ability to glimpse into alternate universes necessitates a radically new examination of the concepts of choice and free will.

Including stories being published for the first time as well as some of his rare and classic uncollected work, Exhalation is Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic—revelatory.

About the Author

Ted Chiang’s fiction has won four Hugo, four Nebula, and four Locus awards, and has been featured in The Best American Short Stories. His debut collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, has been translated into twenty-one languages. He was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and currently lives near Seattle, Washington.