Scissors (First American Edition)

Michaka, Stéphane

ISBN 10: 0385537492 / ISBN 13: 9780385537490

Published by Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, New York, 2013

About this Item

New York, 2013. First American edition. First printing (with full number line including 1). Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy, with publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($25.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Ships in well padded box. A novel, the author's third, translated from the French by John Cullen. This is a beautiful as new copy.

Seller Inventory # Lit-French-M

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scissors (First American Edition)
• Publisher: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, New York
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385537492
• ISBN 13: 9780385537490
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • French Literature

About this title

Synopsis

Based on the life of the great short-story writer Raymond Carver, particularly his last ten years, Scissors is a funny, compassionate, and convincing portrayal of the creative life: its compulsions, rewards, and frustrations, and its affinities with tragedy.

Raymond is a writer whose life is fraught with personal and creative struggle. His first marriage, to Marianne, is intense, passionate, and unhealthy. After his divorce, he finds new love and support with Joanne, a poet. All the while, Raymond is in an escalating conflict with his editor, Douglas, who both enhances and distorts Raymond's work. As his success and confidence grow, Raymond strives harder and harder to ensure that his stories are published as written, with his past drinking and his previous life with Marianne always lurking in the background. Douglas thinks the stories are as much his as Raymond's and is determined that only his, heavily edited, versions will appear in print. While Raymond considers his stories the most important part of his life, Marianne and Joanne claim stakes in them as well, leading to a dramatic and unexpected final confrontation with the man known as “Scissors.”

In this brilliantly inventive novel, Michaka crafts a searing tale about the struggles and sacrifices one must endure for both love and art.

About the Author

STEPHANE MICHAKA was born in Paris in 1974. He studied at Cambridge University and taught French in South Africa before embarking on a writing career. He has written theater pieces, children's books, television scripts, and radio plays. Scissors is his third novel.