{"product_id":"great-expectations-kathy-acker","title":"Great Expectations (Kathy Acker)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e'New York City is very peaceful and quiet, and the pale grey mists are slowly rising, to show me the world'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePip switches identities, sexes and centuries in this punk, fairytale reimagining of Charles Dickens's original \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Acker's most accomplished experimental work' \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A postmodern Colette with echoes of Cleland's Fanny Hill' William S. Burroughs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathy Acker\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1948 and was raised in New York. In her twenties she broke ties with her family and worked as a stripper, while writing and publishing with the underground literary scene. She burst into the mainstream with \u003ci\u003eBlood and Guts in High School\u003c\/i\u003e, which caused a sensation upon publication in 1987 - the book was banned in several countries. After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996, she abandoned Western medicine after a traumatic experience of surgery to treat the cancer, which was unsuccessful. She died in an alternative treatment centre in Tijuana, Mexico in 1997.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer major novels include \u003ci\u003eBlood and Guts in High School\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations, Don Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePussy, King of the Pirates. \u003c\/i\u003eA collection of her emails with McKenzie Wark was published in 2015, titled \u003ci\u003eI'm Very into You. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 144 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65807806759261,"sku":"K070576012","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/7057601200001A.jpg?v=1788491921","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/great-expectations-kathy-acker","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}