'Acker gives her work the power to mirror the reader's soul'
William S. Burroughs 'Kathy Acker's writing is virtuoso, maddening,
crazy, so sexy, so painful, and beaten out of a wild heart that
nothing can tame. Acker is a landmark writer' Jeanette Winterson
This is the story of Janey, who lived in a locked room, where she
found a scrap of paper and began to write down her life. It's a
story of lust, sex, pain, youth, punk, anarchy, gangs, the city,
feminism, America, Jean Genet and the prisons we create for
ourselves. A heady, surreal mash-up of coming-of-age tale, prose,
poetry, plagiarism and illustration, Kathy Acker's breakthrough
1984 novel caused huge controversy and made her an avant-garde
literary icon. Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of
Kathy Acker's untimely death, Blood and Guts in High School is
published for the first time in Penguin Classics, acknowledging the
profound impact she has had on our culture, and alongside the
authors her work pulsates with the influence of: William S.
Burroughs, Cervantes and Charles Dickens, among others.
General
Imprint: |
Penguin Classics
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Penguin Modern Classics |
Release date: |
August 2017 |
Authors: |
Kathy Acker
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
176 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-241-30251-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-241-30251-X |
Barcode: |
9780241302514 |
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