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SIGNED Adam Levin THE INSTRUCTIONS Signed 2010 HC McSweeney’s
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Special Attributes
- Signed
- Signed
- Yes
- Year Printed
- 2010
- Original/Facsimile
- Original
- ISBN
- 9781934781821
- Book Title
- Instructions
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Mcsweeney's Publishing
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 2.9in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Psychological, Literary, Jewish
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 48.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 1030 Pages
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Beginning with a chance encounter with the beautiful Eliza June Watermark and ending, four days and 900 pages later, with the Events of November 17, this is the story of Gurion Maccabee, age ten: a lover, a fighter, a scholar, and a truly spectacular talker. Expelled from three Jewish day-schools for acts of violence and messianic tendencies, Gurion ends up in the Cage, a special lockdown program for the most hopeless cases of Aptakisic Junior High. Separated from his scholarly followers, Gurion becomes a leader of a very different sort, with righteous aims building to a revolution of troubling intensity. The Instructions is an absolutely singular work of fiction by an important new talent. Combining the crackling voice of Philip Roth with the encyclopedic mind of David Foster Wallace, Adam Levin has shaped a world driven equally by moral fervor and slapstick comedy—a novel that is muscular and exuberant, troubling and empathetic, monumental, breakneck, romantic, and unforgettable.
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Mcsweeney's Publishing
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1934781827
ISBN-13
9781934781821
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92504809
Product Key Features
Book Title
Instructions
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Literary, Jewish
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
1030 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
2.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
48.3 Oz
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Ps3612.E92365i57
Reviews
"Evocative of David Foster Wallace... full of death-defying sentences, manic wit, exciting provocations and simple human warmth." --Julia Holmes,Rolling Stone "A hysterical, heartfelt journey of self-discovery... A book that moves beyond completely transparent influences to reach its own distinct, new, great height." --Foster Kamer,Village Voice "AfterThe Instructionschallenges, charms and betrays you, it might just seduce your soul....The Instructionsis disturbing and romantic and ultimately, heartbreaking, and its questions are not easily parsed, even by Gurion's analytic mind. They are the nagging doubts of our own goodness and faith. But it's worth sticking with this author's debut: This is a wunderkind's master class.... An incredible creation of fiction." --Katie Moulton,St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A megapage masterpiece." --Geoffrey Johnson,Chicagomagazine "Levin's mammoth, riotous, Talmudic, impossibly excessive yet brilliant, mesmerizing, warmhearted, and hilarious work of chutzpah takes place over four feverish days but encompasses the whole of Israel's battle for existence and the Jewish quest for home and peace." --Donna Seaman,Booklist "The Instructionsis in fact a vital work of--no getting around it--American Jewish literature because it imagines that the genre is indeed through and asks what can be written in its place." --Marissa Bostroff,Tabletmagazine, "Evocative of David Foster Wallace… full of death-defying sentences, manic wit, exciting provocations and simple human warmth." —Julia Holmes, Rolling Stone "[A] riotous, gigantic and disturbing debut novel… Levin has filled his pages with modern Poloniuses, masters of digression, and with moments rich in fact and feeling." —Abigail Deutsch, San Francisco Chronicle "A hysterical, heartfelt journey of self-discovery… A book that moves beyond completely transparent influences to reach its own distinct, new, great height." —Foster Kamer, Village Voice "This is a life-consuming novel, one that demands to be read feverishly. When it is over, other fiction feels insufficient, the newspaper seems irrelevant.… If the ultimate message of modernism was unremitting pessimism… The Instructions has given the literary genre its long deferred conclusion: Indeed, a day—or four—can serve as a reminder that death looms large for anything living, but there is lot of life to be lived in the interim." —Michael H. Miller, New York Observer " The Instructions is addictively quotable, violently funny, insanely intelligent and utterly compelling. Levin's debut novel is unlike anything I've ever read, in the best possible way." —Jill Owens, The Oregonian "One of the 21st century's finest literary creations.… From every angle, The Instructions fairly screams 'Great American Novel,' a work of fiction not to be trifled with, an amalgam of a young man's life, thoughts and feelings, culled and stacked and printed to be consumed in miserly dribbles." —Preston Jones, Fort-Worth Star-Telegram "After The Instructions challenges, charms and betrays you, it might just seduce your soul.… The Instructions is disturbing and romantic and ultimately, heartbreaking, and its questions are not easily parsed, even by Gurion's analytic mind. They are the nagging doubts of our own goodness and faith. But it's worth sticking with this author's debut: This is a wunderkind's master class.… An incredible creation of fiction." —Katie Moulton, St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A megapage masterpiece." —Geoffrey Johnson, Chicago magazine "Levin's mammoth, riotous, Talmudic, impossibly excessive yet brilliant, mesmerizing, warmhearted, and hilarious work of chutzpah takes place over four feverish days but encompasses the whole of Israel's battle for existence and the Jewish quest for home and peace." —Donna Seaman, Booklist " The Instructions is in fact a vital work of—no getting around it—American Jewish literature because it imagines that the genre is indeed through and asks what can be written in its place." —Marissa Brostoff, Tablet magazine "Manic energy, ambition, erudition, interpolation of documents and sheer bulk." —Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "One of the year's most engrossing novels.… His voice will haunt you long after you close the book." — Largehearted Boy, One ofNew Yorkmagazine's "20 most anticipated books of the Fall" The RumpusBook Club selection "So sprawling is this debut novel that the galley came into the book room in two bound volumes. The Chicago author, whose 1,000-plus-page story is about a juvenile delinquent with messianic tendencies who starts a revolution, is being compared to the late David Foster Wallace." —Chicago Sun-Times "One of the buzziest books of the fall." —Seattle Stranger, One ofNew Yorkmagazine's "20 most anticipated books of the Fall" The RumpusBook Club selection "The Instructionsis in fact a vital work of—no getting around it—American Jewish literature because it imagines that the genre is indeed through and asks what can be written in its place." —Marissa Bostroff,Tabletmagazine, "Evocative of David Foster Wallace... full of death-defying sentences, manic wit, exciting provocations and simple human warmth." --Julia Holmes, Rolling Stone "[A] riotous, gigantic and disturbing debut novel... Levin has filled his pages with modern Poloniuses, masters of digression, and with moments rich in fact and feeling." --Abigail Deutsch, San Francisco Chronicle "A hysterical, heartfelt journey of self-discovery... A book that moves beyond completely transparent influences to reach its own distinct, new, great height." --Foster Kamer, Village Voice "This is a life-consuming novel, one that demands to be read feverishly. When it is over, other fiction feels insufficient, the newspaper seems irrelevant.... If the ultimate message of modernism was unremitting pessimism... The Instructions has given the literary genre its long deferred conclusion: Indeed, a day--or four--can serve as a reminder that death looms large for anything living, but there is lot of life to be lived in the interim." --Michael H. Miller, New York Observer " The Instructions is addictively quotable, violently funny, insanely intelligent and utterly compelling. Levin's debut novel is unlike anything I've ever read, in the best possible way." --Jill Owens, The Oregonian "One of the 21st century's finest literary creations.... From every angle, The Instructions fairly screams 'Great American Novel,' a work of fiction not to be trifled with, an amalgam of a young man's life, thoughts and feelings, culled and stacked and printed to be consumed in miserly dribbles." --Preston Jones, Fort-Worth Star-Telegram "After The Instructions challenges, charms and betrays you, it might just seduce your soul.... The Instructions is disturbing and romantic and ultimately, heartbreaking, and its questions are not easily parsed, even by Gurion's analytic mind. They are the nagging doubts of our own goodness and faith. But it's worth sticking with this author's debut: This is a wunderkind's master class.... An incredible creation of fiction." --Katie Moulton, St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A megapage masterpiece." --Geoffrey Johnson, Chicago magazine "Levin's mammoth, riotous, Talmudic, impossibly excessive yet brilliant, mesmerizing, warmhearted, and hilarious work of chutzpah takes place over four feverish days but encompasses the whole of Israel's battle for existence and the Jewish quest for home and peace." --Donna Seaman, Booklist " The Instructions is in fact a vital work of--no getting around it--American Jewish literature because it imagines that the genre is indeed through and asks what can be written in its place." --Marissa Brostoff, Tablet magazine "Manic energy, ambition, erudition, interpolation of documents and sheer bulk." --Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "One of the year's most engrossing novels.... His voice will haunt you long after you close the book." -- Largehearted Boy, "Evocative of David Foster Wallace... full of death-defying sentences, manic wit, exciting provocations and simple human warmth." --Julia Holmes,Rolling Stone "A hysterical, heartfelt journey of self-discovery... A book that moves beyond completely transparent influences to reach its own distinct, new, great height." --Foster Kamer,Village Voice "This is a life-consuming novel, one that demands to be read feverishly. When it is over, other fiction feels insufficient, the newspaper seems irrelevant.... If the ultimate message of modernism was unremitting pessimism...The Instructionshas given the literary genre its long deferred conclusion: Indeed, a day--or four--can serve as a reminder that death looms large for anything living, but there is lot of life to be lived in the interim." --Michael H. Miller,New York Observer "AfterThe Instructionschallenges, charms and betrays you, it might just seduce your soul....The Instructionsis disturbing and romantic and ultimately, heartbreaking, and its questions are not easily parsed, even by Gurion's analytic mind. They are the nagging doubts of our own goodness and faith. But it's worth sticking with this author's debut: This is a wunderkind's master class.... An incredible creation of fiction." --Katie Moulton,St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A megapage masterpiece." --Geoffrey Johnson,Chicagomagazine "Levin's mammoth, riotous, Talmudic, impossibly excessive yet brilliant, mesmerizing, warmhearted, and hilarious work of chutzpah takes place over four feverish days but encompasses the whole of Israel's battle for existence and the Jewish quest for home and peace." --Donna Seaman,Booklist "The Instructionsis in fact a vital work of--no getting around it--American Jewish literature because it imagines that the genre is indeed through and asks what can be written in its place." --Marissa Brostoff,Tabletmagazine "Manic energy, ambition, erudition, interpolation of documents and sheer bulk." --Elaine Rewolinski,Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "One of the year's most engrossing novels.... His voice will haunt you long after you close the book." --Largehearted Boy, "Evocative of David Foster Wallace... full of death-defying sentences, manic wit, exciting provocations and simple human warmth." --Julia Holmes,Rolling Stone "Levin's mammoth, riotous, Talmudic, impossibly excessive yet brilliant, mesmerizing, warmhearted, and hilarious work of chutzpah takes place over four feverish days but encompasses the whole of Israel's battle for existence and the Jewish quest for home and peace." --Donna Seaman,Booklist "The Instructionsis in fact a vital work of--no getting around it--American Jewish literature because it imagines that the genre is indeed through and asks what can be written in its place." --Marissa Bostroff,Tabletmagazine, "Levin's mammoth, riotous, Talmudic, impossibly excessive yet brilliant, mesmerizing, warmhearted, and hilarious work of chutzpah takes place over four feverish days but encompasses the whole of Israel's battle for existence and the Jewish quest for home and peace." --Donna Seaman,Booklist "The Instructionsis in fact a vital work of--no getting around it--American Jewish literature because it imagines that the genre is indeed through and asks what can be written in its place." --Marissa Bostroff,Tabletmagazine, "Evocative of David Foster Wallace... full of death-defying sentences, manic wit, exciting provocations and simple human warmth." --Julia Holmes,Rolling Stone "[A] riotous, gigantic and disturbing debut novel... Levin has filled his pages with modern Poloniuses, masters of digression, and with moments rich in fact and feeling." --Abigail Deutsch,San Francisco Chronicle "A hysterical, heartfelt journey of self-discovery... A book that moves beyond completely transparent influences to reach its own distinct, new, great height." --Foster Kamer,Village Voice "This is a life-consuming novel, one that demands to be read feverishly. When it is over, other fiction feels insufficient, the newspaper seems irrelevant.... If the ultimate message of modernism was unremitting pessimism...The Instructionshas given the literary genre its long deferred conclusion: Indeed, a day--or four--can serve as a reminder that death looms large for anything living, but there is lot of life to be lived in the interim." --Michael H. Miller,New York Observer "One of the 21st century's finest literary creations.... From every angle,The Instructionsfairly screams 'Great American Novel,' a work of fiction not to be trifled with, an amalgam of a young man's life, thoughts and feelings, culled and stacked and printed to be consumed in miserly dribbles." --Preston Jones,Fort-Worth Star-Telegram "AfterThe Instructionschallenges, charms and betrays you, it might just seduce your soul....The Instructionsis disturbing and romantic and ultimately, heartbreaking, and its questions are not easily parsed, even by Gurion's analytic mind. They are the nagging doubts of our own goodness and faith. But it's worth sticking with this author's debut: This is a wunderkind's master class.... An incredible creation of fiction." --Katie Moulton,St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A megapage masterpiece." --Geoffrey Johnson,Chicagomagazine "Levin's mammoth, riotous, Talmudic, impossibly excessive yet brilliant, mesmerizing, warmhearted, and hilarious work of chutzpah takes place over four feverish days but encompasses the whole of Israel's battle for existence and the Jewish quest for home and peace." --Donna Seaman,Booklist "The Instructionsis in fact a vital work of--no getting around it--American Jewish literature because it imagines that the genre is indeed through and asks what can be written in its place." --Marissa Brostoff,Tabletmagazine "Manic energy, ambition, erudition, interpolation of documents and sheer bulk." --Elaine Rewolinski,Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "One of the year's most engrossing novels.... His voice will haunt you long after you close the book." --Largehearted Boy
Copyright Date
2010
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2010-537043
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813/.6
Dewey Edition
22
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