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From the internationally-known author of The Beach, a gripping mystery and stylistic tour de force that delves into the subconscious mind, with brilliantly disturbing results.
A young man is brutally assaulted late at night in an Underground train by a gang of thugs. Beaten unconscious, he lies for days in a hospital bed - but appears to make a full recovery. On discharge from hospital, Carl picks up the threads of his daily life, visiting friends, seeing his girlfriend - until he starts to notice strange leaps in his perception of time, distortions in his experience. Is he truly reacting with the outside world, or might he be terribly mistaken? So begins a dark psychological drama that raises profound questions about the boundary between the real and the imagined.
This mysterious and unsettling tale is illustrated by forty woodcuts created by the author's father, the political cartoonist Nicholas Garland.
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"'The Coma is an unpaginated descent into a hall of mirrors, wherein the writer wants to play games with your head... it's a chilly mood piece - its shadowy tone redolent of Poe and Kafka (and its murky imaginative contours heightened by a series of dark woodcut illustrations by Garland's father)... a strange compelling ride into that realm where nothing is what it seems - and where night never really wakes up.' Douglas Kennedy, The Times 'It's a great story to read, but also a lovely visual object to possess.' Design Week 'Compelling and chilling... his father's illustrations heighten the oddness' Observer"
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The Coma by Alex Garland is a gripping mystery and stylistic tour de force from the internationally known author of The Beach.
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- PublisherFaber and Faber
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0571225039
- ISBN 13 9780571225033
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages168
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Folio. Limited edition, no. 61 of 300 copies signed by author and illustrator. Lower corner bumped with ding just above to front board otherwise very good (all else fine) in slip-case with corresponding bumps. Seller Inventory # C209331
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Folio. Circa 44 ilustrated pages.Number 40 of of 50 copies signed by artist and illustrator, complete with a signed individual woodcut print by Nicholas Garland, laid in in a white folder. Original publisher's Black clothe spine over greay boards with printed spine label. From a total edition of 300 copies. Original publisher's full black cloth folded slip-case, printed paper label.Fne copy in a very faintly scuffed black presentation folding box with the book and author name on the spine. Very large and quite heavy. 46cm by 32.5cm. ISBN 0571225039. Signedes. Seller Inventory # C93696
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Limited numbered. Now in a removable archival protective clear mylar cover. Finely bound book, ''The Coma'', by Alex Garland, published by Faber and Faber, London, 2004, illustrated throughout with Nichols Garland's woodcuts, of this edition of The Coma 310 copies were printed of which 50 were signed by both the author and the illustrator and are accompanied by one of Nicholas Garland's woodcuts (in this case, Steps with Shadows) signed by the artist, this volume is copy number 35, clean and crisp, looks unread, woodcut is housed in a heavy cardboard wrap with tissue guard, book is housed in a custom black fabric clamshell box, scuffing to the front of the box plus corners are slightly bumped and a few tiny bumps to edges. Book appears clean and crisp, looks unread. Additional postage will be required regardless of destination due to size and weight of book. ; black and white illustrations ; Oversized: 3.35 x 17.32 x 12.2 Inches; Signed by Artist. Seller Inventory # 9658
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Book Description Limited edition. Large format. One of 50 copies signed by the author and his father, Nicholas Garland, who illustrated the book. Fine in presentation case. Comes complete with a signed woodcut print of one of the book's illustrations. Contained in a matching slipcase.There is no image of this title as it is too large to scan. Seller Inventory # 7081
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