{"product_id":"art-and-outrage-henry-miller-lawrence-durrell-and-alfred-perles-1973-reprint","title":"Art and Outrage, Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, and Alfred Perlès","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt and Outrage: A correspondence about Henry Miller between Alfred Perlès and Lawrence Durrell\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Henry Miller,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Lawrence Durrell,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e and Alfred Perlès — 1973 Reprint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb class=\"\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e London,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Village Press,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e 1973\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb class=\"\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e 8vo,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e 61.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb class=\"\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Very Good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e The binding remains tight and structurally sound,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e with the striking red-and-white pictorial wrappers retaining their original brightness,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e though exhibiting minor edge-wear and light rubbing to the extremities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e The spine is uncreased,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e indicating the volume has been carefully handled or remains unread.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e The rear wrapper shows noticeable foxing and slight age-toning against the white background.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Internally,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e the text block is exceptionally clean and free of major blemishes,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e with only faint,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e uniform age-toning to the page margins,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e presenting a highly respectable copy of this fragile softcover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb class=\"\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e This 1973 edition,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e published by the independent Village Press on King's Road,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e London,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e is a scarce softcover reprint of the original 1959 Putnam edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e The Village Press was known for issuing limited runs of chapbooks and literary reprints related to the Miller-Durrell circle during the 1970s,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e making this specific imprint an uncommon find on the open market.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe text captures an engaging epistolary exchange initially conceived to introduce Henry Miller's complex,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e iconoclastic character to a broader English readership,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e perfectly preserving the dynamic literary camaraderie of the mid-twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Unillustrated,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e this edition is defined by the bold,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e modernist abstract portrait on the front wrapper,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e adding distinct visual appeal to an already fascinating literary artefact.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eWhat began as an epistolary duet between Lawrence Durrell and Alfred Perlès soon evolved into a captivating literary triptych when Henry Miller himself stepped into the arena to take the floor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci class=\"\"\u003eArt and Outrage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e serves as an intimate,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e unguarded exploration of Miller’s monumental personality,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e charting the deep bonds of a historic literary friendship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Rather than attempting to definitively solve the enigma of the controversial American author,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e these lively letters shed a strong,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e affectionate light on a deeply human contemporary writer,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e captured directly through the sharp eyes and witty prose of his closest companions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default 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