The Black Book

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Classics, Humorous, Literary
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Author: Lawrence Durrell, Henry Miller ISBN: 9781453261507
Publisher: Open Road Media Publication: June 12, 2012
Imprint: Open Road Media Language: English
Author: Lawrence Durrell, Henry Miller
ISBN: 9781453261507
Publisher: Open Road Media
Publication: June 12, 2012
Imprint: Open Road Media
Language: English

“The first piece of work by a new English writer to give me any hope for the future of prose fiction.” —T. S. Eliot

 

As over-the-top as it is inventive, Durrell’s breakthrough novel is a series of sordid vignettes drawn from the lives of decadent artists, doomed bohemians, and continental rascals inhabiting a shabby London hotel, narrated in turns by the unforgettable Lawrence Lucifer and Gregory Death. Together, these characters seek to escape the absurdity of a Europe haunted by devastating war, yet beginning to pitch toward another apocalypse.

 

First published in 1938, and influenced by Henry Miller and the sincere pranksterism of the surrealist movement, The Black Book marks the emergence of one of the most revolutionary voices in twentieth-century English literature.

 

This ebook contains a new introduction by DBC Pierre.

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“The first piece of work by a new English writer to give me any hope for the future of prose fiction.” —T. S. Eliot

 

As over-the-top as it is inventive, Durrell’s breakthrough novel is a series of sordid vignettes drawn from the lives of decadent artists, doomed bohemians, and continental rascals inhabiting a shabby London hotel, narrated in turns by the unforgettable Lawrence Lucifer and Gregory Death. Together, these characters seek to escape the absurdity of a Europe haunted by devastating war, yet beginning to pitch toward another apocalypse.

 

First published in 1938, and influenced by Henry Miller and the sincere pranksterism of the surrealist movement, The Black Book marks the emergence of one of the most revolutionary voices in twentieth-century English literature.

 

This ebook contains a new introduction by DBC Pierre.

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