December 2nd, 2008 / 8:00 pm
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Dalkey Archive’s Holiday Sale

Yeah, I know this won’t make up for my being HTMLGIANT’s least useful contributor (by far), but telling you about the ridiculously good Dalkey Archive holiday sale has to count for something. Right?

What if I drop a few names?

William H. Gass, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Stanley Crawford, Rikki Ducornet, Rainer Maria Rilke, Gert Jonke, Donald Barthelme, David Markson, John Barth, Michel Butor, Robert Creeley, Robert Coover, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Stanley Elkin, Witold Gombrowicz, Ben Marcus, John Hawkes, Pierre Klossowski, Robert Pinget, Raymond Queneau, Steven Millhauser, Carole Maso, Tsutomu Mizukami, Flann O’Brien, Gertrude Stein, Viktor Shklovsky, Christine Schutt

Well, here’s the deal anyway.

To bring more world literature into everyone’s holidays, we’re offering—for a limited time—really big discounts through our website on all Dalkey Archive paperbacks (hardbacks and scholarly books excluded).

Choose one copy of several books, or multiple copies of a single book—while supplies last. And there’s free shipping! (It’s included in the price.) Offer is only good in the US, and expires December 10, 2008.

To take advantage of this offer:

  1. Choose which books you would like (you can search our online catalog by title, author, country, series, or genre).
  2. Click on the sale options below for 5, 10, or 20 books.
  3. When you go to “Checkout” you will see, on the first screen offered, a “Notes” field. Please type into “Notes” the titles of the books you would like.

Choose:

5 books for $35 w/free shipping
10 books for $60 w/free shipping
20 books for $110 w/free shipping

Questions? Please contact Melissa Kennedy:
kennedy@dalkeyarchive.com
217.244.5700

And happy holidays from all of us at Dalkey Archive Press.

That works out to $5.50, $6, or $7 a book. Sale ends December 10. Get on it.

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47 Comments

  1. J

      This thing they have done to my wallet, it is terrible :/

  2. barry

      blake:

      while im thinking of william gass, i thinkw e were wondering before if he was actually gonna be reading at awp or just listening to other people stroke his ego. but indeed i think i did read somewhere that he is gonna be reading.

  3. J

      This thing they have done to my wallet, it is terrible :/

  4. barry

      blake:

      while im thinking of william gass, i thinkw e were wondering before if he was actually gonna be reading at awp or just listening to other people stroke his ego. but indeed i think i did read somewhere that he is gonna be reading.

  5. Blake Butler

      he is lecturing i think

      man, this is a killer deal. i think i have to do the $60 one.

  6. Blake Butler

      he is lecturing i think

      man, this is a killer deal. i think i have to do the $60 one.

  7. Josh Maday

      yeah, i’m going to be dropping at least $60 on this.

  8. Josh Maday

      yeah, i’m going to be dropping at least $60 on this.

  9. barry

      lecturing…. nice.

      is it listed in the schedule?

  10. barry

      lecturing…. nice.

      is it listed in the schedule?

  11. Justin Taylor

      Stanley Crawford’s Log of the SS the Mrs Unguentine is a gem.
      Haven’t read Nest of Ninnies yet but they just sent it to me & I can’t wait.
      Dalkey = yes, pretty much all the time.
      Which John Hawkes books? Travesty is a miracle from hell. Death, Sleep & The Traveller is pretty great too. Whistlejacket would have been better without most of part 3. Couldn’t parse Lime Twig. he can be a tough customer. But seriously: TRAVESTY.

  12. Justin Taylor

      Stanley Crawford’s Log of the SS the Mrs Unguentine is a gem.
      Haven’t read Nest of Ninnies yet but they just sent it to me & I can’t wait.
      Dalkey = yes, pretty much all the time.
      Which John Hawkes books? Travesty is a miracle from hell. Death, Sleep & The Traveller is pretty great too. Whistlejacket would have been better without most of part 3. Couldn’t parse Lime Twig. he can be a tough customer. But seriously: TRAVESTY.

  13. Ryan Call

      barry – it slisted on the schedule as like a wlliam gass appreciation panel or somethign? him and other people, i am too lazy to look it up at the moment

  14. Ryan Call

      barry – it slisted on the schedule as like a wlliam gass appreciation panel or somethign? him and other people, i am too lazy to look it up at the moment

  15. J

      I’d recommend Sorrentino’s Blue Pastoral. Getting into it myself now and it’s quite good.

      Summer in Termuren by Boon is also rather worthwhile.

      Would be interested to hear what you all pick up.

  16. J

      I’d recommend Sorrentino’s Blue Pastoral. Getting into it myself now and it’s quite good.

      Summer in Termuren by Boon is also rather worthwhile.

      Would be interested to hear what you all pick up.

  17. Justin Taylor

      oh also Christine Schutt’s Nightwork and both Diane Williams books–especially the Selected Stories–and Barthelme’s Paradise, plus any 2 of the 4 David Markson books, if you don’t already have ’em.

      Yeah their only Hawkes is Whistlejacket, which I can only recommend with half a heart. Not the place to start on Hawkes, if you’re not already a fan.

  18. Justin Taylor

      oh also Christine Schutt’s Nightwork and both Diane Williams books–especially the Selected Stories–and Barthelme’s Paradise, plus any 2 of the 4 David Markson books, if you don’t already have ’em.

      Yeah their only Hawkes is Whistlejacket, which I can only recommend with half a heart. Not the place to start on Hawkes, if you’re not already a fan.

  19. Blake Butler

      i just placed my 10 for $60 order. too good to pass up
      anyone who does not have all of those Markson should get them all.
      as well as THE TUNNEL THE TUNNEL THE TUNNEL

      I already have alot of their stuff, so I mostly bought new, but some olds that I had been aiming at:

      Geometric Regional Novel by Gert Jonke
      Homage to Czerny: Studies in Virtuoso Technique by Gert Jonke
      Pigeon Post by Dumitru Tsepeneag
      The Bathroom by Toussaint
      The Complete Butcher’s Tales by Rikki Ducornet
      Temple of Texts by Gass
      The Conversions by Harry Mathews
      Romancer Erector by Diane Williams
      The Obstacles by Eloy Urroz
      The Mirror in the Well by Marcom

      fcukkkkk

  20. Blake Butler

      i just placed my 10 for $60 order. too good to pass up
      anyone who does not have all of those Markson should get them all.
      as well as THE TUNNEL THE TUNNEL THE TUNNEL

      I already have alot of their stuff, so I mostly bought new, but some olds that I had been aiming at:

      Geometric Regional Novel by Gert Jonke
      Homage to Czerny: Studies in Virtuoso Technique by Gert Jonke
      Pigeon Post by Dumitru Tsepeneag
      The Bathroom by Toussaint
      The Complete Butcher’s Tales by Rikki Ducornet
      Temple of Texts by Gass
      The Conversions by Harry Mathews
      Romancer Erector by Diane Williams
      The Obstacles by Eloy Urroz
      The Mirror in the Well by Marcom

      fcukkkkk

  21. Ken Baumann

      I’d recommend The Log of the S.S. The Mrs Unguentine.
      I did it up:

      Magnetic Field(s)
      Iceland
      The Complete Butcher’s Tales
      The Houses of Children
      Zero
      Chromos
      The Mirror in the Well
      God Head
      Romancer Erector
      Blue Pastoral
      The Third Policeman
      The Age of Wire and String
      The Tunnel
      Man in the Holocene
      Castle to Castle
      The King
      Literature and Cinematography
      Theory of Prose
      The Bathroom
      The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

  22. Ken Baumann

      I’d recommend The Log of the S.S. The Mrs Unguentine.
      I did it up:

      Magnetic Field(s)
      Iceland
      The Complete Butcher’s Tales
      The Houses of Children
      Zero
      Chromos
      The Mirror in the Well
      God Head
      Romancer Erector
      Blue Pastoral
      The Third Policeman
      The Age of Wire and String
      The Tunnel
      Man in the Holocene
      Castle to Castle
      The King
      Literature and Cinematography
      Theory of Prose
      The Bathroom
      The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

  23. Josh Maday

      just ordered 10 for $60, and of course, immediately after I order I see a book I wish I would have gotten: Vain Art of the Fugue by Dumitru Tsepeneag.

      A Night at the Movies, or, You Must Remember This by Robert Coover (loved Pricksongs & Descants)
      Mountain R by Jacques Jouet (translated by Brian Evenson, so that tells me things)
      Trio by Robert Pinget
      Saint Glinglin by Raymond Queneau (been wanting this for awhile)
      Place Names by Jean Ricardou
      Nightwork by Christine Schutt (been wanting this for awhile)
      Theatre of Incest by Alain Arias-Misson
      Springer’s Progress by David Markson
      The Conversions by Harry Mathews
      The Obstacles by Eloy Urroz

  24. Josh Maday

      just ordered 10 for $60, and of course, immediately after I order I see a book I wish I would have gotten: Vain Art of the Fugue by Dumitru Tsepeneag.

      A Night at the Movies, or, You Must Remember This by Robert Coover (loved Pricksongs & Descants)
      Mountain R by Jacques Jouet (translated by Brian Evenson, so that tells me things)
      Trio by Robert Pinget
      Saint Glinglin by Raymond Queneau (been wanting this for awhile)
      Place Names by Jean Ricardou
      Nightwork by Christine Schutt (been wanting this for awhile)
      Theatre of Incest by Alain Arias-Misson
      Springer’s Progress by David Markson
      The Conversions by Harry Mathews
      The Obstacles by Eloy Urroz

  25. Blake Butler

      fuck i am going to have to order more

  26. Blake Butler

      fuck i am going to have to order more

  27. Josh Maday

      i should have waited and spent more time with the catalog to make sure i didn’t want to go with the 20 for $110. worst case i get another 5 for $35, but then i might as well do 10 for $60 and pay an extra $10 for not doing that the first time. damn.

  28. Josh Maday

      i should have waited and spent more time with the catalog to make sure i didn’t want to go with the 20 for $110. worst case i get another 5 for $35, but then i might as well do 10 for $60 and pay an extra $10 for not doing that the first time. damn.

  29. J

      I’m on goddamn unemployment and I’m pretty seriously considering the 20 for 110 arrangement.

  30. J

      I’m on goddamn unemployment and I’m pretty seriously considering the 20 for 110 arrangement.

  31. Blake Butler

      i really want that mountain r.

      magnetic field(s) is such a great book.

  32. Blake Butler

      i really want that mountain r.

      magnetic field(s) is such a great book.

  33. jereme

      JOSHY, YOU’RE ALIVE!

  34. jereme

      JOSHY, YOU’RE ALIVE!

  35. Josh Maday

      indeed i am. i thought i was dead for awhile there. but no. am alive.

      i take the all caps as signifying excitement, and i appreciate that. thanks jereme.

  36. Josh Maday

      indeed i am. i thought i was dead for awhile there. but no. am alive.

      i take the all caps as signifying excitement, and i appreciate that. thanks jereme.

  37. Ryan Call

      nightwork

  38. Ryan Call

      nightwork

  39. jereme

      fuck yes i am excited.

      your name alleviates all negative emotions.

      like when that genie head on pee wee’s play house would mutter the magic words “mecca hi mecca hidey ho”

      you are the magic hidden beneath the cupboard

  40. jereme

      fuck yes i am excited.

      your name alleviates all negative emotions.

      like when that genie head on pee wee’s play house would mutter the magic words “mecca hi mecca hidey ho”

      you are the magic hidden beneath the cupboard

  41. Alicia

      How wonderful! I sorted the catalog by country and decided to purchase all five books from the Japanese Literature Series.

      1. Realm of the Dead by Uchida Hyakken
      2. The Budding Tree by Aiko Kitahara
      3. Embracing Family by Nobuo Kojima
      4. The Temple of the Wild Geese and Bamboo Dolls of Echizen by Tsutomu Mizukami
      5. The Glass Slipper and Other Stories by Shotaro Yasuoka

      “Everybody wants to go to Japan! Everybody just hold hands!”

  42. Alicia

      How wonderful! I sorted the catalog by country and decided to purchase all five books from the Japanese Literature Series.

      1. Realm of the Dead by Uchida Hyakken
      2. The Budding Tree by Aiko Kitahara
      3. Embracing Family by Nobuo Kojima
      4. The Temple of the Wild Geese and Bamboo Dolls of Echizen by Tsutomu Mizukami
      5. The Glass Slipper and Other Stories by Shotaro Yasuoka

      “Everybody wants to go to Japan! Everybody just hold hands!”

  43. chris

      Thank you for posting about this, Josh. I am bloody tickled. I went with with the ten for sixty:

      The Bathroom – Jean-Philippe Toussaint
      Tripticks – Ann Quin
      Century 21 – Ewa Kuryluk
      The First Book of Grabinoulor – Pierre Albert-Birot
      Putting My Foot in It – Rene Crevel
      Theory of Prose – Viktor Shklovsky
      Pigeon Post – Dumitru Tsepeneag
      Man in the Holocene – Max Frisch
      Makbara – Juan Goytisolo
      Log of the S.S. The Mrs Unguentine – Stanley Crawford

  44. chris

      Thank you for posting about this, Josh. I am bloody tickled. I went with with the ten for sixty:

      The Bathroom – Jean-Philippe Toussaint
      Tripticks – Ann Quin
      Century 21 – Ewa Kuryluk
      The First Book of Grabinoulor – Pierre Albert-Birot
      Putting My Foot in It – Rene Crevel
      Theory of Prose – Viktor Shklovsky
      Pigeon Post – Dumitru Tsepeneag
      Man in the Holocene – Max Frisch
      Makbara – Juan Goytisolo
      Log of the S.S. The Mrs Unguentine – Stanley Crawford

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  47. Jessica W.

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