The Divers' Game (Signed First Edition)

Jesse Ball

ISBN 10: 0062676105 / ISBN 13: 9780062676108

Published by Ecco, New York., 2019

About this Item

First printing. Correct number sequence including the 1. Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy, new and unread. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. NOT price clipped. Shipped in well padded box. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on a specially bound page which states that THIS EDITION HAS BEEN SPECIALLY BOUND BY THE PUBLISHER, one of an unknown number of such copies, but probably about 500-1,000. Author has signed his name only, with no other marks or writing. Purchased new and opened only for author signature. You cannot find a better copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Divers' Game (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Ecco, New York.
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062676105
• ISBN 13: 9780062676108
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

From the inimitable mind of award-winning author Jesse Ball, a novel about an unsettlingly familiar society that has renounced the concept of equality—and the devastating consequences of unmitigated power

The old-fashioned struggle for fairness has finally been abandoned. It was a misguided endeavor. The world is divided into two groups, pats and quads. The pats may kill the quads as they like, and do. The quads have no recourse but to continue with their lives.

The Divers’ Game is a thinly veiled description of our society, an extreme case that demonstrates a truth: we must change or our world will collapse.

What is the effect of constant fear on a life, or on a culture? The Divers’ Game explores the consequences of violence through two festivals, and through the dramatic and excruciating examination of a woman’s final moments.

Brilliantly constructed and achingly tender, The Divers’ Game shatters the notion of common decency as the binding agent between individuals, forcing us to consider whether compassion is intrinsic to the human experience. With his signature empathy and ingenuity, Jesse Ball’s latest work solidifies his reputation as one of contemporary fiction’s most mesmerizing talents.

About the Author

Jesse Ball is the author of fifteen books, and his works have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He is on the faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a winner of The Paris Review’s Plimpton Prize for Fiction and the Gordon Burn Prize, and was long-listed for the National Book Award.