{"product_id":"the-giver-easton-press-signed-collectors-edition","title":"The Giver (Easton Press Signed Collector's Edition)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLOWRY, Lois.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Giver.\u003c\/em\u003e Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e8vo. Full deep red leather. Spine with raised bands, 22-carat gilt accents. Decorative gilt design to covers. All edges gilt. Moiré silk endpapers. Satin ribbon page marker. [x], 225 pp. \u003cstrong\u003eSigned Collector's Edition. Signed by the author on the special signature page. Includes signed Certificate of Authenticity, edition card, and bookplate (present but unadhered).\u003c\/strong\u003e Originally published Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eLois Lowry (b. 1937) has published more than forty books for young readers across five decades, winning the Newbery Medal twice — for \u003cem\u003eNumber the Stars\u003c\/em\u003e (1990) and \u003cem\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/em\u003e (1994) — and the Margaret Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in young adult literature in 2007. \u003cem\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/em\u003e is her most widely read and most discussed work, a novel that has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide, been translated into more than forty languages, and generated a body of classroom study and literary debate unusual for a children's book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eJonas is twelve years old, living in a Community that has eliminated pain, fear, war, and hatred through a system of enforced Sameness. Families are assigned rather than born. Emotions are managed through daily medication. The concept of colour does not exist in the Community's perception; its citizens see only shades of grey. At the annual Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas is given his life assignment: he is to become the new Receiver of Memory, the single individual in the Community who holds the accumulated knowledge of the world before Sameness was imposed. His training is conducted by the Giver — the current Receiver, an old man who begins to transmit to Jonas memories of snow, of colour, of music, of love, and of war. As Jonas comes to understand what the Community has sacrificed to achieve its tranquillity, the novel arrives at one of the most considered moral confrontations in young adult literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/em\u003e was challenged and banned in school systems across the United States almost immediately after publication, on grounds that included its treatment of euthanasia, suicide, and the questioning of authority — objections that amount, in effect, to a description of the book's virtues. It was adapted into a film in 2014, directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Jeff Bridges as the Giver, Meryl Streep, and Brenton Thwaites as Jonas, with Taylor Swift in a supporting role.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNear fine. \u003c\/strong\u003eSome mild markings along gilt edges; otherwise fine throughout. Bookplate present but unadhered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis book is currently not on display in store. If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: \u003ca href=\"mailto:rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\" title=\"Harry Hartog Rare Book Department\"\u003erarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number: HH000547\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lois Lowry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49088499253491,"sku":"1110002990724","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/1_7438d10b-65c3-4147-a73c-655912640e68.png?v=1779157288","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-giver-easton-press-signed-collectors-edition","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}