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UPCOMING EVENTS and READINGS

 

Monday, November 30

 

Guadalajara Book Fair

 

5:00 p.m.
In conversation with Ruben Martínez.

 

6:30 p.m.
The New Surrealists
Panel with Mark Z. Danielewski (House of Leaves), Jerry Stahl (Permanent Midnight), and the awesome Aimee Bender (The Girl in the Flammable Skirt).
Moderated by David Kipen.

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CONTACT

 

Splascencia@gmail.com

BIO

BOOK(s)

The People of Paper

A Los Angeles Times Bestseller

A Los Angeles Times Favorite Book
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book

"A stunning debut by a once-in-a generation talent. I don't know of a young American writer more original, innovative, or intense than Salvador Plascencia. The People of Paper is harrowing and gorgeous, experimental in the truest sense: it creates new means to explore essential and timeless emotional subjects."
-GEORGE SAUNDERS

"Salvador Plascencia's surrealistic metanovel, styled a la García Márquez, is a charming meditation on the relationship between reader, author, and story line, filled with mythic imagery . . . and unforgettable personalities . . . Readers will find it hard to turn away from The People of Paper. A." Editor's Pick --Entertainment Weekly

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Editions from the Americas:

HARDCOVER (OUT OF PRINT)
McSweeney’s, San Francisco (2005)

First State: 5,000 copies. Four diecuts No foil stamp, spine unravels and boards bleed red. Typos.
Second State: 5,000 copies. Four diecuts. Foil stamped, fortified backbone. Fewer typos.

Production cost per unit: $2.72

PAPERBACK
Harcourt, New York (2006)
No Diecuts
Even less typos
Production cost per unit: Unknown. Probably less than a dollar.

FOREIGN  EDITIONS
Nemira. Bucuresti, Romania (2007); Mondadori. Barcelona, Spain (2007); IRE. Paju-si, Korea (2007); Bloomsbury. London, England (2007); Swiat Ksiazki. Warsaw, Poland (2008); Kinneret Zmora-Bitan. Israel (20??); Fandago. Rome, Italy (2008); Les editions. Paris, France (2009); Editions Nautilus, Hamburg, Germany (2009); Hakusuisha, Tokyo (20??).

Errata and Malfunctions

Bloomsbury Hardcover

Distributed throughout England and its commonwealths and imported to the Americas as remaindered and damaged.

 

The ink is uniformly faded compromising the Baby Nostradamus’ though blocking abilities and adding strain to the reader’s eyes.

 

The leaf of pages 243 (recto) and 244 (verso) are missing two die cuts. On page 244, instead of revealing punctures, the words go blank.  

End pages suffered erasure.

 

STORIES

"Returned"
in McSweeney's 22
"The Enduring Nature of The Bromidic"  
in McSweeney's 32

 

 

 

 

 

Salvador Plascencia