Great Expectations [electronic resource]
Kathy Acker2018
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'New York City is very peaceful and quiet, and the pale grey mists are slowly
rising, to show me the world'
Pip switches identities, sexes and centuries in this punk, fairytale reimagining
of Charles Dickens's original Great Expectations. Both familiar and unfamiliar,
our orphaned narrator is transplanted to New York City in the 1980s; becoming,
by turns, a sailor, a pirate, a rebel and an outlaw, through adventures
incorporating desire, creativity, porn, sadism and art. This ribald explosion of
literature, sex and violence shows the literary anarchist Kathy Acker at her
most brilliant and brave.
'Acker's most accomplished experimental work' The Village Voice
'A postmodern Colette with echoes of Cleland's Fanny Hill' William S. Burroughs
Main title:
Great Expectations [electronic resource] / Kathy Acker
Author:
Kathy Acker, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2018
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (200 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780241352151
Language:
English
BRN:
435119
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |