HERE I AM

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed special first printing of this complex snapshot of four weeks in the life of a Washington, DC Jewish family as they experience personal delights and tragedies against the backdrop of an escalating war in the Middle East - issued with slipcase 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 of more promotional titles (usually ARCs or like, but sometimes, advance excerpts). 9'' x 5.75''. Original grey boards. Original unclipped ($28.00) color pictorial dust jacket. 572 pages. With original INDIESPENSABLE booklet. Signed by Foer to INDIESPENSABLE page. In original red slipcase. Tight.