Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective and the Burning Bombing of America

Acker, Kathy

ISBN 10: 0802139205 / ISBN 13: 9780802139207

Edité par Grove Press, 2002

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0802139205I5N10

Synopsis :

Recently discovered and never before published, these two short novels were written in the early 1970s, at the beginning of Kathy Acker's writing career. Rip-off Red reads as a kind of Raymond Chandler for bad girls, as Acker's typical literary playfulness transforms the genre conventions of detective fiction into a book that is simultaneously a mystery and a personal, raunchy, and politically astute account of life in New York City. The Burning Bombing of America is a dystopian vision of the destruction of America, combining crypto-Socialist class critique with the visceral surreality of the Book of Revelation. Published together here, they reveal a young writer on a literary romp, imposing an original, sexy, and subversive worldview that is unmistakably Acker. They are a perfect introduction to Acker's oeuvre and essential for all Acker readers. "Kathy Acker's trancelike writing style peels away the layers of reality." -- San Francisco Chronicle "America's most beloved transgressive novelist." -- Spin "Acker is a postmodern Colette with echoes of Cleland's Fanny Hill." -- William S. Burroughs

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective and the Burning ...
Éditeur : Grove Press
Date d'édition : 2002
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Fair
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket