I Saw A Man. First Printing. Signed by the Author

Sheers, Owen

ISBN 10: 0571317723 / ISBN 13: 9780571317721

Published by London. Faber & Faber Ltd, 2015

About this Item

London. Faber & Faber Ltd. 2015. First Edition/First Printing ( full number line including 1 on the copyright page). Hard Cover. Medium 8vo 9½" x 6  [24cm x 15cm] approx. 310 pp. Black boards with gilt tiles to the spine. Flat signed by the author directly to the title page without dedication. The black rear endpaper is bubbled at the top and has leeched through to the top of the final page which has no text. The book's corners and spine ends are sharp. There is a little toning to the fore edge. Illustrated dust jacket has a little shelf wear along the top edge but is crisp and unfaded with sharp corners and spine ends. Overall the book and jacket are very good plus. Moving from London and New York to the deserts of Nevada, I Saw a Man is a brilliant exploration of violence, guilt and attempted redemption, written with the pace and grip of a thriller. The dust jacket will be protected with a new inert archival Brodart sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS or Transglobal Express. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I Saw A Man. First Printing. Signed by the Author
• Publisher: London. Faber & Faber Ltd
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571317723
• ISBN 13: 9780571317721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The stunning new novel from Owen Sheers - as heard on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime.

Shortlisted for the Prix Femina Étranger 2015

The event that changed all of their lives happened on a Saturday afternoon in June, just minutes after Michael Turner - thinking the Nelsons' house was empty - stepped through their back door.

After the sudden loss of his wife, Michael Turner moves to London and quickly develops a close friendship with the Nelson family next door. Josh, Samantha and their two young daughters seem to represent everything Michael fears he may now never have: intimacy, children, stability and a family home. Despite this, the new friendship at first seems to offer the prospect of healing, but then a catastrophic event changes everything. Michael is left bearing a burden of grief and a secret he must keep, but the truth can only be kept at bay for so long.

Moving from London and New York to the deserts of Nevada, I Saw a Man is a brilliant exploration of violence, guilt and attempted redemption, written with the pace and grip of a thriller. Owen Sheers takes the reader from close observation of the domestic sphere to some of the most important questions and dilemmas of the contemporary world.

About the Author

Owen Sheers is a poet, novelist and playwright. Twice winner of the Wales Book of the Year, his books of poetry include Skirrid Hill, winner of a Somerset Maugham Award, and the verse drama Pink Mist, winner of the Hay Festival Poetry Medal. In 2018 he was awarded the Wilfred Owen Poetry Award. Owen's theatrical work includes The Two Worlds of Charlie F., winner of the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award, Mametz, and National Theatre Wales's seventy-two hour The Passion. Chair of Wales PEN Cymru and Professor in Creativity at Swansea University, he lives in the Black Mountains of Wales with his wife and two daughters.