MEN AND CARTOONS: STORIES Hardcover - 2004

New York City, NY: Doubleday, 2004. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Doubleday, 2004. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 176 pages. The author's third collection of short stories. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the paperback edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jonathan Lethem's "Men And Cartoons: Stories". His tribute to a beloved sub-genre, the comic book. "Blends the literary with the fantastical, probing themes of loneliness, failed relationships, and the consequences of strange powers. These nine stories starring comic-book heroes and regular folks are steeped in melancholic nostalgia, absurdist humor, and a sly air of cultural critique. The strongest combine character studies with extraordinary elements" (Publishers Weekly) . "His bold imagination and sheer love of words defy all forms and expectations and place him among his country's foremost writers" (Salon) . An absolute "must-have" title for Jonathan Lethem collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Jonathan Lethem. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. His signature virtually fills up the page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed 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 signed copy thus. Winner of the Crawford Award for Best Fantasy Novel and the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 1994 for "Gun, With Occasional Music". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1999 for "Motherless Brooklyn". Selected as one of the "Best Books of The Year" by the New York Times in 2003 for "Fortress of Solitude". Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2005. One of the most brilliant new voices in American literature. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JONATHAN LETHEM TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0385512163.