OBELISK: A HISTORY OF JACK KAHANE AND THE OBELISK PRESS. (SIGNED)

PEARSON, Neil.

ISBN 10: 1846311012 / ISBN 13: 9781846311017

Edité par Liverpool University Press, Liverpool,, 2008

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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. ISBN: 1846311012 Pages: 528 Fine in fine dust jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur C75519

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Titre : OBELISK: A HISTORY OF JACK KAHANE AND THE ...

Éditeur : Liverpool University Press, Liverpool,

Date d'édition : 2008

Reliure : Hardback

Etat : Fine

Etat de la jaquette : Jaquette

Signé : Signedes

Edition : Edition originale

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Synopsis :

This remarkable book details the work of one of the most extraordinary publishing enterprises in history. Censor-baiting, provocative, simultaneous publisher of the literary elite and of dirty books, Jack Kahanes Obelisk Press published Henry Miller, Anaïs Nin, Lawrence Durrell, D. H. Lawrence, and James Joyce among others. At the same time Kahane subsidised his literary endeavours with cheap erotica and trash fiction from long-forgotten eccentrics such as New York Daily News Rome correspondent and self-styled Marco Polo of Sex N. Reynolds Packard. Kahanes business model was simple: if a book was banned in the UK and US it could be profitably published in Paris. Here, for the first time, Neil Pearson has pulled together the incendiary story of Obelisk, including biographies of Kahane and his major and minor authors, and a bibliography of Obelisk books. This beautifully written volume part cultural history, part reference book will be required reading for anyone interested in controversial writing, censorship, 1920s Paris, publishing history and authors such as Miller, Joyce and Nin.

À propos de l?auteur:

Neil Pearson is a television, stage and film actor. Film and tv credits include Nick Hornbys Fever Pitch, Bridget Joness Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and the award winning comedy Drop the Dead Donkey. This is his first book.