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THE SELECTED WORKS OF T.S. SPIVET

THE SELECTED WORKS OF T.S. SPIVET

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THE SELECTED WORKS OF T.S. SPIVET

by Larsen, Reif (Author/Illustrator) & Gibson, Ben (Co-Illustrator)

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9781594202179
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New York City, NY: The Penguin Press, 2009. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: The Penguin Press, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 380 pages. The author's breakthrough debut illustrated novel. One of the most sensational literary debuts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. 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 First Edition is now scarce. The book is very beautifully produced by Ben Gibson and Reif Larsen, in pictorial hard boards with gilt titles and design on cover and spine, maps and all kinds of delicate illustrations reproduced throughout the book, and a dazzling DJ design by Jeff Middleton. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Presents Reif Larsen's "The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet". Still his best book: A brilliant debut about "mapping" (the novel's running theme) the experiences, sensations, and lessons of heartbreak, loss, loneliness, and love. "When twelve-year-old genius cartographer T. S. Spivet receives an unexpected phone call from the Smithsonian announcing he has won the prestigious Baird Award, life as normal is interrupted and a wild cross-country adventure begins, taking him from his family ranch to the museum's hallowed halls. He meticulously maps, charts, and illustrates his exploits. We come to see the world through his eyes, and in his thorough investigation of the outside world he also reveals himself. He discovers the shadowy boundary between fact and fiction and realizes that, for all his analytical rigor, the world around him is a mystery" (Publisher's blurb) . Larsen's mix of text and image is subtle and cunning: "Instead of a direct one-to-one correspondence, there's a satellite-like relationship between the text and the image, a kind of graphical parallelism. TS will talk about his suspicion of the adult male and then include a chart of male-pattern baldness, and it is through these somewhat disparate leaps between text and image, between the main story and the marginalia, that we begin to soak in TS's habits of mind" (Reif Larsen) . The basis of the very fine film adaptation by Jean-Pierre Jeunet called "Amelie". An absolute "must-have" title for Reif Larsen collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPY OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1594202176.

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Discover The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet for iPad. A brilliant, boundary-leaping debut novel tracing twelve-year-old genius map maker T.S. Spivet's attempts to understand the ways of the world When twelve-year-old genius cartographer T.S. Spivet receives an unexpected phone call from the Smithsonian announcing he has won the prestigious Baird Award, life as normal-if you consider mapping family dinner table conversation normal-is interrupted and a wild cross-country adventure begins, taking T.S. from his family ranch just north of Divide, Montana, to the museum's hallowed halls. T.S. sets out alone, leaving before dawn with a plan to hop a freight train and hobo east. Once aboard, his adventures step into high gear and he meticulously maps, charts, and illustrates his exploits, documenting mythical wormholes in the Midwest, the urban phenomenon of "rims," and the pleasures of McDonald's, among other things. We come to see the world through T.S.'s eyes and in his thorough investigation of the outside world he also reveals himself. As he travels away from the ranch and his family we learn how the journey also brings him closer to home. A secret family history found within his luggage tells the story of T.S.'s ancestors and their long-ago passage west, offering profound insight into the family he left behind and his role within it. As T.S. reads he discovers the sometimes shadowy boundary between fact and fiction and realizes that, for all his analytical rigor, the world around him is a mystery. All that he has learned is tested when he arrives at the capital to claim his prize and is welcomed into science's inner circle. For all its shine, fame seems more highly valued than ideas in this new world and friends are hard to find. T.S.'s trip begins at the Copper Top Ranch and the last known place he stands is Washington, D.C., but his journey's movement is far harder to track: How do you map the delicate lessons learned about family and self? How do you depict how it feels to first venture out on your own? Is there a definitive way to communicate the ebbs and tides of heartbreak, loss, loneliness, love? These are the questions that strike at the core of this very special debut.

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Bookseller
Modern Rare US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
THE SELECTED WORKS OF T.S. SPIVET
Author
Larsen, Reif (Author/Illustrator) & Gibson, Ben (Co-Illustrator)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine Dust Jacket.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition. First Printing.
ISBN 10
1594202176
ISBN 13
9781594202179
Publisher
The Penguin Press
Place of Publication
New York City, NY
Date Published
2009
Pages
380

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