The People of Paper

A Los Angeles Times Bestseller

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

A Financial Times Pick of The Year

"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

An Excerpt From
The People of Paper

Prologue

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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,