--Hardcover-- navy blue covers, thin hardcover book, just taller than 9". 136 pages with a few illustrations.FINE CONDITION- - dust jacket Fine Condition.

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Title: THE HUNGER ARTISTS, STRAVING, WRITING AND IMPRISONMENT
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Date: 1993
Language: English
ISBN 10: 067442705X
ISBN 13: 9780674427051
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine

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Examines the vampirical feeding of words on flesh, revealing strange affinities between the labour of starvation and the birth of letters, diaries, poems and books.

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Examines the vampirical feeding of words on flesh, revealing strange affinities between the labour of starvation and the birth of letters, diaries, poems and books.

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We have been booksellers since 1982 -- since 1995 we have been selling books on-line. We specialize in art, history, biography and literature but have significant collections in other topics. We can be reached by phone or email.-- We also have an open bookshop -- Little Red Book Shack, always open, day and night All books $.50- and $1.00 -- payment by the Honor System into a locked box on the porch of the main house. All books in 4 buildings on the property and all music related items, books/records/sheet music, etc, in "vinyl room" at end of the house. ......Just a note about book condition: We recognize that our online books are being bought sight-unseen. Therefore, we try to be conservative in any description of book condition. We want each of our books to be a pleasant surprise. Thanks, and phone or email for any more information, Melanie

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