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Beautifully written, the only novel by art critic and anarchist poet Herbert Read is a strange, powerful, and original work First published in 1935, Herbert Read's only novel is a sustained piece of political and philosophical fantasy. It tells the story of Dr. Olivero, president of a small South American country, who fakes his own assassination and returns in disguise to the English village of his youth. Arriving late in the evening, he notices that the village stream appears to be running uphill. Intrigued, he follows the stream and comes across a lonely mill where he rescues the Green Child—a speechless creature with semi-transparent flesh—from her sadistic husband. She leads Olivero to the millstream's source and plunges him into her strange, subterranean world.
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Herbert Read (1893–1968) was an outstanding critic of the arts, for which he was knighted, and as an anarchist poet.
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“[B]eautifully imagined and beautifully written.”
- Robert Gorham Davis
“[A] very charming philosophical tale.”
- The Times [London]
“[R]emarkable for its cool yet vivid style.”
- Bob Barker, poet
“The Green Child is the kind of book to write if you are going to leave just the one novel behind: singular, odd, completely original.”
- Geoffrey Wheatcroft
- Robert Gorham Davis
“[A] very charming philosophical tale.”
- The Times [London]
“[R]emarkable for its cool yet vivid style.”
- Bob Barker, poet
“The Green Child is the kind of book to write if you are going to leave just the one novel behind: singular, odd, completely original.”
- Geoffrey Wheatcroft
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1969
- ISBN 10 0140030298
- ISBN 13 9780140030297
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
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THE GREEN CHILD - First Penguin paperback edition - first printing
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Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex
(1969)
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Book Description Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Max Ernst [cover painting] (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. A first printing of the first UK paperback edition, published in the Penguin Modern Classics series, published in 1969 - dual priced at 25p / 5/- on the back cover - with the late 1960s-style grey background fully illustrated cover [with cover painting by Max Ernst]. The book was originally published in hardback in the UK in 1935 by William Heinemann, with a new edition by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1947. With a three-page Introduction by Graham Greene. ***A near fine copy in illustrated grey and white card covers. The covers have some marks and creasing commensurate with age and handling, but are very clean, with just some light creasing and rubbing at the edges. The spine is clean, with no reading creases, and there is no lean to the binding which is straight. No fading to the covers. Internally the book is also near fine, with no inscriptions and no serious creases or tears. The paper stock is only slightly tanned with age. No foxing. No dustwrappers were issued on these later Penguin editions. ***154 pages plus a four-page publisher's catalogue at the back of the book. 180mm x 111mm. ***'x.' [Wiki] ***A first printing of the first Penguin paperback edition of the only published novel by the art historian and poet Herbert Read, in nice collectable condition. With cover art taken from "The Eye of Silence" by Max Ernst. This first Penguin Classics printing is uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # PB329
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