{"product_id":"books-the-portrait-of-an-eye-by-kathy-acker","title":"The Portrait of an Eye","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScarified 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\u003cstrong\u003eA subversive triptych of novels from legendary punk author, Kathy Acker, reissued with a new introduction from Kate Zambreno, author of \u003cem\u003eHeroines\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScreen Tests\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGreen Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, and others. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula\u003c\/em\u003e, Kathy Acker's first novel and the opening of the three-novel collection \u003cem\u003ePortrait of an eye\u003c\/em\u003e, was initially self-published as episodic handmade pamphlets that were mailed to influential writers and artists. In this work which would make her name as an experimental stylist (\u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e), 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 fiction, and \u003cem\u003eThe Story of O. Collected with her second novel, the dreamy odyssey through desire I dreamt I was a Nymphomaniac\u003c\/em\u003e, and her third, \u003cem\u003eThe Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePortrait of an Eye \u003c\/em\u003eis a dive into the frenzy of sexual desire, the search for identity, and the invention of a new literary language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow reissued with a new introduction by Kate Zambreno, revisiting the novels in \u003cem\u003ePortrait of an Eye\u003c\/em\u003ereminds us of all there is still to learn from Kathy Acker, whose work remains radical and uncanny, entirely inimitable, a smash and grab on the history of literature (\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53770618798353,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780802157560.jpg?v=1783961932","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-portrait-of-an-eye-by-kathy-acker","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}