{"product_id":"the-portrait-of-an-eye-paperback","title":"The Portrait of an Eye - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathy Acker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Scarified sensibility, subversive intellect, and predatory wit make her a writer like no other I know.\" -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula\u003c\/i\u003e, Kathy Acker's debut and the first in this three-novel collection, began as an episodic handmade pamphlet that Acker mailed out to influential writers and artists whose addresses she managed to get her hands on. In the novel, Acker steps into the biography of a Mississippi murderess who falls in love with a famous lawyer, and mixes in fragments from porn, historical romance, pulp fictions, and \u003ci\u003eThe Story of O\u003c\/i\u003e. Collect with her second novel, the dreamy exploration of desire \u003ci\u003eI Dreamt I was a Nymphomaniac\u003c\/i\u003e, and her third, \u003ci\u003eThe Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePortrait of an Eye\u003c\/i\u003e is dive into the frenzy of sexual wanting, the search for identity, and the invention of a new literary language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow with an introduction by Kate Zambreno contextualizing the resurrection of these three early Acker novels, this new edition of \u003ci\u003ePortrait of an Eye\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us of all there is still to learn from Kathy Acker, a writer and artist whose work \"remains radical and uncanny, entirely inimitable, a smash and grab on the history of literature\" (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKathy Acker \u003c\/strong\u003ewas an influential postmodernist writer and performance artist whose many books include \u003cem\u003eBlood and Guts in High School\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote; Literal Madness\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eEmpire of the Senseless\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eIn Memoriam to Identity\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eMy Mother: Demonology\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003ePussy, King of the Pirates\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003ePortrait of an Eye\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eRip-Off Red, Girl Detective.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769584419104,"sku":"9780802157560","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7a3995637ee2e50f8fb9bca424f0ff72.webp?v=1780351296","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-portrait-of-an-eye-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}