The Exquisite Corpse

Alfred Chester (Author) Diana Athill (Afterword by)

Description

Lyric and tender one moment, cruel and dizzying the next, this literary tour de force neither celebrates perversity nor laments it, rather it projects it as part of man's impossible quest for a true self. In 49 brief, highly cinematic chapters, we meet a series of twisted but sincere searchers, each in their own flight from despair.

Product Details

Price

$16.95 $15.76

Publisher

Black Sparrow Press

Publish Date

August 22, 2005

Pages

263

Dimensions

5.2 X 7.9 X 0.6 inches | 0.65 pounds

Language

English

Type

Paperback

EAN/UPC

9781574231977

BISAC Categories:

LGBT - Gay

Literary

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About the Author

Alfred Chester was, in the words of Gore Vidal, "a glorious writer, tough as nails." His works include The Exquisite Corpse (Black Sparrow Books, 2004), Head of a Sad Angel (stories, 1990), and Looking for Genet (essays, 1992). Born in Brooklyn in 1928, he died in Tel Aviv in 1971.

DIANA ATHILL was born in 1917. She helped Andre Deutsch establish the publishing company that bore his name and worked as an editor for Deutsch for four decades. Athill's distinguished career as an editor is the subject of her acclaimed memoir Stet, which is also published by Granta Books, as are five volumes of memoirs, Instead of a Letter, After a Funeral, Yesterday Morning, Make Believe, Somewhere Towards the End and a novel, Don't Look at Me Like That.In January 2009, she won the Costa Biography Award for Somewhere Towards the End, and was presented with an OBE. She lives in London.

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