Description: A signed - to a loose official publisher bookplate - 1st printing PBO of this new release (his Nobel Lecture given in Stockholm on 10 December 2023) from multi-award winning Norwegian author, poet and playwright Jon Fosse. The author has twice been on the Booker International Prize lists for his 'Septology' series. ** After years of being mentioned as a strong candidate, on 5 October 2023, Mr Fosse was named as the Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is the 4th Norwegian to have won the prize but the first for almost a century, since Sigrid Undset won in 1928. ** 'A Silent Language ', published on 23 May 2024 by Fitzcarraldo Editions, London, 1st edition / 1st printing, medium modern paperback original, 42 pages + copyright page at rear. Translated from the Norwegian by Damion Searls. Hand signed by Jon Fosse to a loose official publisher bookplate. Internally in As New unread condition, paperback original in the usual white french flaps with blue lettering that is standard for 1st printings of all non-fiction titles released by this publisher. Externally fine. ** Any signed 1st printings of Mr Fosse's works are uncommon and are almost always to a publisher bookplate - they are now, of course, highly collectable since his prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature win. ** ‘If there’s any metaphor I would use for the act of writing, it would have to be listening,’ says Jon Fosse in A Silent Language, the lecture he delivered after being awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. When he writes, Fosse explains, he listens for texts that exist somewhere outside of himself in order to transcribe them before they disappear. With reverence and humility, Fosse traces his relationship to writing and celebrates the capacity of language to embrace the mystery, complexity and existential uncertainty of the human experience. ‘It is only in the silence that you can hear God’s voice,’ he says, offering a key to his beloved works of drama and fiction. ‘Maybe.’ ‘We are in the presence of rare literary greatness. It is for this greatness that the Swedish Academy has justly awarded Jon Fosse the Nobel Prize.’ - Times Literary Supplement Estimated non-UK postage costs by signed for airmail delivery - Europe £13, Japan/Canada £16, Aus/NZ £18, US £18. Additional books can always be added to a combined order for an additional postage cost based on extra 0.25kg bands of weight, with an extra postage cost per extra 0.25kg of £1.20 for Europe / £2.00 everywhere else - please contact if any questions. Multiple items - Please review my other listings to see if there are any other items which are of interest to you. I will be pleased to provide a suitable invoice for combined postage cost for 2 or more items. If you have won an item and intend to bid on any other items which end on different days, I would be grateful if you would drop me a message. Postage – All of my books are triple wrapped for delivery to maximise their safety - firstly in bubble wrap protection, secondly in either a padded envelope or a cardboard box, and finally in thick parcel paper. For UK mainland - all items above a fairly modest value I will send via either signed for Royal Mail and/or courier options whichever is the best, this being largely dependent on the weight of the object. I am more than happy to post overseas on the basis that all items will be posted by Airmail with a signature required on delivery. If you are overseas, please feel free to enquire about postage charges ahead of registering a bid if you are unsure of the cost I may have outlined above, where costs may be prohibitive depending upon where you are in the world and the weight of the item, many thanks. Feedback – I will be delighted to provide feedback for a winning bidder once they have done so first to ensure that the item has arrived safely. In the event a winning bidder has any queries around a product following receipt, I would be pleased to deal with any queries via my business mail address or the Ebay message function in an effort to resolve matters ahead of any mutual feedback being provided, thanks. Many thanks for looking at my items and good luck with any bids you make. I will be regularly listing items for sale, please save me as one of your favourite sellers for the future, thanks.
Price: 234.99 GBP
Location: Telford
End Time: 2024-08-20T18:24:15.000Z
Shipping Cost: 45.51 GBP
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Binding: Paperback
Place of Publication: London
Non-Fiction Subject: Literature, Poetry & Criticism
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Signed
Author: Jon Fosse
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Modified Item: No
Weight: 0.15kg unpacked
Year Printed: 2024