A: A Novel - Couverture souple

Warhol, Andy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0753510812 ISBN 13 : 9780753510810

Editeur : Virgin Books, 2005

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

In the late 60s Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the postwar era, set out to turn a trade book into a piece of pop art, and the result was this astonishing account of the famously influential group of artists, superstars, addicts and freaks who made up the Factory milieu. Created from audiotapes recorded in and around the Factory, a: a novel begins with the fabulous Ondine popping several amphetamines and then follows its characters as they converse with inspired, speed-driven wit and cut swaths through the clubs, coffee shops, hospitals and whorehouses of 1960s Manhattan.

On its original release a: a novel incited contradictory opinions, being referred to as 'pornography' in the New York Times Book Review and as ' a work of genious' in Newsweek. Since then, a glossary by Warhol biographer Victor Bockris has been added, giving more explanation to this conceptually unique work.

Hilarious and frightening, a: a novel is the perfect literary manifestation of Andy Warhol's sensibility.

Revue de presse :

"Hellish humns from Amphetamine Heaven, the vox populi of the Velvet Underground ... These people are witty and they are grand, they do terrible things and make awful remarks. Ondine is an East Village prima donna, a hoarder of gossip and finery and orgies and drugs. He is filthy, but he is funny ... The characters of a represent the bizarre new class, untermenschen prefigurations of the technological millenium." (Robert Mazzocco New York Review of Books)

"A new kind of pop artifact." (Library Journal)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Virgin Books
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0753510812
• ISBN 13: 9780753510810
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464