A GATE AT THE STAIRS: A NOVEL

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 322 pages. The author's third novel. One of the most important literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. "Autographed Copy" metallic-silver round sticker pasted in front. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Lorrie Moore's "A Gate At The Stairs". Marks her triumphant return to the novel form, after a hiatus of almost fifteen years. Her last book, "Birds of America", a short story collection, was published eleven years ago, in 1998. Lorrie Moore's much-awaited novel took more than a decade to conceive and write. "Lorrie Moore's people are jokesters, wisenheimers. They hold the world, and the language used to describe it, a little off to the side, where they can turn it around and if not figure it out, at least find something funny to say about it. Vintage Moore: Brittle, witty, and dark, the portrait of a Midwest college town through the eyes of Tassie Keltjin, a student from the country whose mind has been lit up by learning, but who spends nearly all this story out of class, as a nanny for a couple who have adopted a toddler. Tassie's a bit of a toddler herself (and an ideal narrator because of it) , testing the world as if through her teeth, and she finds the world stranger and more deeply wounded the more she learns of it. Sad, hilarious, and thrillingly necessary" (Tom Nissley) . The fictitious Midwest college is based upon and inspired by the legendary University of Wisconsin at Madison, where Lorrie Moore is a Professor of English. An absolute "must-have" title for Lorrie Moore collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the publisher's tipped-in page by Lorrie Moore. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0375409289.