Multi-layered, violent and beautiful, Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian is a modern classic justly celebrated in this Folio Society edition, illustrated by award-winning artist Gérard DuBois.
The Great Gatsby (Limited Edition)
Illustrated by Yuko Shimizu
Afterword by Chuck Palahniuk
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is reimagined in this Limited Edition, with Yuko Shimizu’s artwork capturing both its glamour and grime, plus an exclusive afterword by Chuck Palahniuk. Limited to just 500 copies, each signed by the artist and author of the afterword.
US$500.00
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Editor’s Note
- James Rose, Editor
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the book's first publication on 10 April 1925, this edition is a celebration of a masterpiece of 20th century American literature.
In the opulent world of 1920s Long Island, Jay Gatsby's pursuit of the American Dream harbours a dark underside. With an afterword by Chuck Palahniuk, and Yuko Shimizu's poignant illustrations that reveal both the surface glitz and the violent seam underneath, this Folio edition is a spectacular celebration of this timeless tale of love, ambition and murder.
Limited to 500 copies
246 x 156mm
Typeset in LTC Kennerley with Inbox Thin display
Printed in black and gold with 13 full colour, full page illustrations
Dolce Vita Ivory paper
Full bound in goatskin leather, blocked in 2 foils with a design by the artist
Sirio Pearl Cocktail Blue Moon endpapers
Gilded on 3 edges
Ribbon marker
Head and tailbands
Limitation label printed letterpress
Presented in a clamshell box, covered in cloth which is screen-printed and foil blocked with a design by the artist
Display Box lettering commissioned from Atelier Olschnsky Grafik und Design OG, Vienna
Printed and bound by Graphicom, Italy
‘I usually start a project with the most vivid image that captures me from reading the book, and it’s where Tom Buchanan assaults his mistress Mrs. Wilson and breaks her nose. I re-read the book multiple times, stayed away from watching any of the films (I know the glamour of them already which was not my interest) but looked at every illustrated Gatsby books, I decided to go no-glamour, no-romance. Focusing on the darker violence and the class wars of the story.’
- Yuko Shimizu, Illustrator>
In the glitz and glamour of the Jazz Age, The Great Gatsby follows Nick Carraway as he becomes entangled in the life of the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a millionaire whose extravagant parties mask a desperate longing for his lost love, Daisy Buchanan. But Daisy is married to the privileged and ruthless Tom, and Gatsby’s dream of rekindling their past romance begins to unravel. Beneath its dazzling surface, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is a sharp critique of wealth, illusion and the unattainable American Dream, making it one of the most haunting and enduring stories of the 20th century.
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