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- PublisherMosaic Pr
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0889620563
- ISBN 13 9780889620568
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
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Irving Layton Taking Sides: The Collected Social and Political Writings
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Irving Layton Taking Sides: The Collected Social and Political Writings
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Sinking Ship Blues
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Oasis Press, Oakville, Ontario, 1977
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ISBN 13: 9780889620568
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Breyten Breytenbach (illustrator). 1st Edition. 76pp (last leaf blank); perfectbound with card endleaves in illustrated card covers; 168 x 168 x 5 mm. The South African Poet Laureate's first book in English, issued in Canada from the press of Ludwig Zeller & Susana Wald. Preceded by at least seven books in Afrikaans: [1] Die Ysterkoei Moet Sweet or The Iron Cow Shall Sweat (1964: Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, Johannesburg); [2] Katastrophes or Catastrophes (1964: Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, Johannesburg); [3] Die Huis van die Dowe or House of the Deaf (1968: Human & Rousseau); [4] Kouevuur or Cold Fire (1969: Buren-Uitgewers, Kaapstad); [5] Om Te Vlieg or To Fly (1971: Buren-Uitgewers, Kaapstad); [6] Met Ander Woorde: Vrugte van die Droom van Stilte or With Other Words: Fruit of the Dream of Silence (1973: Buren, Kaapstad); [7] Voetskrif or Footscript (1976: Perskor); & two Dutch collections: [A] Skryt Om'n Sinkende Skip Blou te Verf (1972: Poetry International, Amsterdam); & [B] Het Huis van de Dove: Waarin Opgenomen / Die Ysterkoei Moet Sweet / Die Huis van die Dowe / Kouevuur (1976: Meulenhoff Editie, Amsterdam); besides translations into French & German. The present volume includes selections from his earlier books together with four drawings by the poet, plus the untitled poem written on being sentenced in Johannesburg to nine years in prison (26 November 1975); with translations by Andre P. Brink, Ria Leigh-Loohuizen & Denis Hirson. Introductory Note by distinguished Dutch Surrealist, Laurens Vancrevel (the author's friend & legal representative), with an unsigned Biographical Note, & a prefatory poem, 'The Freedom Train: After Reading Breyten Breytenbach' by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (dated at San Francisco, March 1977). Published to protest his incarceration, & as a plea for the author's freedom, with the caveat: "This book is not published as a commercial enterprise but as a call for solidarity"; to little avail in the event, Breytenbach forced to serve seven years of his politically-motivated sentence (two in Solitary). Effectively set in Optima sans & printed by Darko Belic in an edition of 500 copies, with cover calligram by Ludwig Zeller. A nice copy of this signal collection. Accompanied by the 16pp Press catalogue (illustrating the international surrealist context of the imprint), plus the printer's sample type-specimen sheet. Seller Inventory # 004244
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