New York: Viking Penguin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Date: 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670031305 . A handsome first (stated) American edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author and Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee on the title page; This ingenious novel is structured around a collection of essays, all but two previously published, embedded within the story of aging Australian novelist Elizabeth Costello. Costello (who first appeared in Coetzee's 1999 volume "The Lives of Animals") gives her longest and most passionate speech in defense of animal rights, one of eight "lessons" the reader receives on what it means to be human; 8vo; Signed by Author . 2003. Viking Penguin ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

NY: Viking, Date: 2003. First US edition, first prnt. Signed by Coetzee on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Coetzee's ninth novel. 2003. Viking ISBN 0670031305 US

New York: Viking Press, Date: 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. First Printing of Coetzee's ninth novel, published in the year he won the Nobel Prize for literature, signed on the title page. 8vo:[6],230,[4]pp. Publisher's French blue faux cloth spine lettered in white, black paper-covered boards with author's monogram in blind to upper board, pictorial dust jacket priced $21.95. As New (and probably unread), in Fine jacket without flaw. Of the eight "lessons" and postscript that make up the novel, seven had previously appeared 1997 to 2002. Only "Lesson 7: Eros" and "Lesson 8: At the Gate" are published here for the first time. "A number of these had also emerged earlier as lectures given by Coetzee . . . [so] it is likely that he had no overall plan in mind for Elizabeth Costello and, indeed, had to rework a number of the individual texts to make them compatible for simultaneous publication. It is also important to note that Elizabeth Costello's appearances in Coetzee's work extend outside her eponymous role in the book: to date she has also appeared in the 2004 short story "As a Woman Grows Older" and as the interloping author of Slow Man in 2005. As such, the final version of the text can be profitably considered as a collage of interrelated lectures and short stories rather than a unified novel." (Literary Encyclopedia) While, on its surface, this collage portrays a woman's life as mother, sister, lover, and writer, the novel is also a meditation on the ...

The Viking Press, November Date: 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. SIGNED FIRST PRINTING. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. 2003. The Viking Press ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

The Viking Press, Date: 2003-10-13. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2003. The Viking Press ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

New York: Viking , Date: 2003 WInner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2003. 2003. Viking ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

New York: The Viking Press. Date: 2003. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. 0670031305 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom text block edge, ; 8.3 X 5.4 X 0.8 inches; 240 pages . 2003. The Viking Press ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

Viking. Collectible - Very Good/Very Good. Date: 2003. First American Edition. Hard Cover. 0670031305 (O24) . 2003. Viking ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

Hardback. Very Good. ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [GB]

New York: Viking, Date: 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine. Spine tail lightly bumped, in a near fine dustwrapper, tiny tear at spine tail. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. 2003. Viking ISBN 0670031305 US

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking, Date: 2003. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ELIZABETH COSTELLO is an Australian writer of international renown; she is feted, studied, honoured. Famous principally for an early novel that established her reputation and from which, it seems, she will never escape, she has reached the stage, late in life, where her remaining function is to be venerated and applauded. Coetzee's novel offers us a profound and delicate vision of literary celebrity, artistry and the private life of the mind. J. M.Coetzee is the winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature for Lifetime Achievement. ELIZABETH COSTELLO is his first novel following his Booker Prize-winning DISGRACE--his second. (He won previously in 1983 for THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MICHAEL K.) As new, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} L96/L60 2003. Viking ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

New York:: The Viking Press,, (Date: 2003.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. An unusual novel by this two-time Booker Prize winning writer - the life of an aging Australian novelist is revealed through a series of eight formal addresses. 230 pp. 2003. The Viking Press, ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

New York: Viking, Date: 2003. Remainder mark; 233pp. A novel from the Nobel-Prize winning author. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 2003. Viking ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

Viking Adult, November Date: 2003. Hardcover . 3 PB standard 50%. 2003. Viking Adult ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

New York:: The Viking Press,, (Date: 2003.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (like new, but with a remainder line.). First US printing. An unusual novel by this two-time Booker Prize winning writer - the life of an aging Australian novelist is revealed through a series of eight formal addresses. 230 pp. 2003. The Viking Press, ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

Viking Adult. Used - Very Good. Viking Adult ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [CA]

New York: Viking Press, Date: 2003. 230 pages; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First American edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. South African author. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. "In 1982, J. M. Coetzee dazzled the literary world with the now classic Waiting for the Barbarians. Five novels and two Booker prizes later, Coetzee is a writer of international stature and a novelist whose publication of a new work is heralded as a literary event. Now, in his first work of fiction since The New York Times bestselling Disgrace, he has crafted an unusual and deeply affecting tale. Elizabeth Costello is a distinguished and aging Australian novelist whose life is revealed through an ingenious series of eight formal addresses. From an award-acceptance speech at a New England liberal arts college to a lecture on evil in Amsterdam and a sexually charged reading by the poet Robert Duncan, Coetzee draws the reader inexorably toward its astonishing conclusion. Vividly imagined and masterfully wrought in his unerring prose, Elizabeth Costello is, on its surface, the story of a woman's life as mother, sister, lover, and writer. Yet it is also a profound and haunting meditation on the nature of storytelling that only a writer of Coetzee's caliber could accomplish. / Since 1982, J. M. Coetzee has been dazzling the literary world. After eight novels that have won, among other awards, two Booker Prizes, and most ...

NY: Viking. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Date: 2003 verso. FIRST EDITION AMERICAN ,2P; 3579108642pt line. Hardcover. 8.3 X 5.4 X 1.1 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S21.95) DUST JACKET...very nice, clean, solid copy BRIGHT ; WHITE spine titles on BLUE SPINE.with...BLACK hard covers...dust jacket shows titles on black & blue photo of person ? outside window paane..... . ..NOBEL PRIZE WINING AUTHOR and the CNA PRIZE, SOUTH AFRICA'S premier literary award plus the..2X3" Photo of author inner back dj flap.. ; 230 pages; BOOKER AWARD WINNING AUTHOR... . 2003. Viking ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

Viking, Date: 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Foxing to top edge, otherwise Fine/Fine. 2003. Viking ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

Viking, Date: 13-Oct-03. Hardcover. Viking ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

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The Viking Press, Date: 2003-10-13. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. 2003. The Viking Press ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

The Viking Press, Date: 2003. Later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. From the Booker Prize-winning author of Disgrace. 8vo. - over 7 3/4 in. - 9 3/4 in. 230pp., a clean copy in Near Fine condition; the dust jacket is Near Fine with slight edgewear. 2003. The Viking Press ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

New York: Viking. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Date: 2003. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 233 pp. . 2003. Viking ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]

The Viking Press, Date: 2003-10-12. hardcover. New. 5x0x8. New Condition, Hardcover Book, 2003. The Viking Press ISBN 0670031305 9780670031306 [US]