NORMA

New York City, NY: Alfred A Knopf, 2017. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Alfred A Knopf, 2017. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 310 pages. The author's third novel to be translated into English. One of Sofi Oksanen's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run by Alfred A. Knopf as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Sofi Oksanen's "Norma" in a felicitous English translation. Her spellbinding novel, as Oksanen goes from strength to strength by shifting gears. "Set in present-day Helsinki, about a young woman with a secret who is trying to solve the mystery of her mother's death. When Anita Naakka jumps in front of an oncoming train, her daughter, Norma, is left alone with the secret they have spent their lives hiding: Norma has supernatural hair, sensitive to the slightest changes in her mood - and the moods of those around her - moving of its own accord, corkscrewing when danger is near. And so it is her hair that alerts her, when she talks with a strange man at her mother's funeral, that her mother may not have taken her life. Setting out to reconstruct Anita's final months, by sifting through puzzling cell phone records, bank statements, and video files, Norma begins to realize that her mother knew more about her hair's powers than she let on. As Oksanen leads us ever more deeply into Norma's world, weaving together past and present, she gives us a dark family drama that is a searing portrait of both the exploitation of women's bodies and the extremes to which people will go for the sake of beauty" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Sofi Oksanen collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are in multiple subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SOFI OKSANEN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0451493524.