The Separation (2003 Arthur Clarke Winner)

Christopher Priest

ISBN 10: 0743220331 / ISBN 13: 9780743220330

Published by Scribners 2002 First Edition First Printing (Paper), 2002

About this Item

Scribners 2002 First Edition First Printing (Paper) Front top cover corner lightly curled and lower rear corner and top page edges faintly foxed - Very Good book Signed by the Author on the Title Page ''. Jack and Joe Sawyer rowed for Great Britain in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Jack joins the RAF. His war is savage, spreading firestorms across Germany. Joe. declares himself a pacifist. As their stories play out, possibilities, parallels and confusion surround them. each. an ordinary man party to momentous events.'' First Printings are very scarce.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Separation (2003 Arthur Clarke Winner)
• Publisher: Scribners 2002 First Edition First Printing (Paper)
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743220331
• ISBN 13: 9780743220330
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

This wonderful book: Separation by Christopher Priest, is a brilliantly conceived novel constant challenges the way we see history, reminding us that even the greatest world conflict is the result of individual choices and subject to damaged recollections. It is a marvelous portrait of war and it uncertainties, for those who pursue it and those who suffer by it.

About the Author

Christopher Priest is the author of ten novels and two collections of short stories, including the prize-winning THE GLAMOUR AND THE PRESTIGE which won the James Tait Black award in 1995. His most recent novel is THE EXTREMES. He lives in Hastings with his wife and twin children.