by Leni Zumas.
Portland, Oregon & New York, New York: Tin House Books/(Powell's Books), (2012).
First edition, first printing; Limited SIGNED hardcover issue.
SIGNED by the Oregon Book Award winning and Orwell Prize shortlisted author to the title page.
Powell's Indiespensable subscriber issue #33, with a limitation page that states "Powell's Books Indiespensable; Powell's Books is proud to present this exclusive hardcover edition of The Listeners to Indiespensable subscribers".
Issued together with a 27 page companion booklet comprising an original interview and Q&A with Zuma by Jill Owens, and an author and book information essay.
This literary dark novel featuring a woman with a tragic past and a vividly creative dreamworld is Zumas's first book, and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award.
Fine, crisp, very tight and probably unread in black linen with metallic-blue embossed octopus to the front cover and with metallic-blue embossed titles to the spine, yellow headband and tail-band, blue end-papers, deckle page fore-edges; together with a fine staple-bound booklet in stiff-card white and black wraps with burgundy titles and Indiespensable Volume 33 to its the front cover. (Issued without dust jacket and slipcase.)
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