{"product_id":"kathy-acker-don-quixote-which-was-a-dream-paladin-1986","title":"KATHY ACKER — Don Quixote: Which Was a Dream, Paladin, London, 1986","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst British edition, paperback original, published by Paladin \/ Grafton Books, London, 1986. Front-cover illustration by Catherine Denvir. Illustrated softcover; 207 pages; 13 × 20 cm. ISBN 0-586-08554-8.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e good, visibly handled; rubbing, scratching and creasing to wrappers, edge and corner wear, age-toning, surface marking and areas of abrasion to rear cover. Binding appears intact. Interior condition not confirmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in the same year as the American Grove Press edition, this was Acker’s first British edition of the novel. Cervantes’s wandering knight returns as a woman moving through abortion, desire, American history, Nixon-era politics, New York and London. The borrowed structure is not adapted respectfully but broken open and reused as a means of writing against fixed gender, identity and literary ownership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Paladin cover translates the book into an especially concentrated image: female knight, dogs, fragmented architecture and urban collapse arranged as a commercial paperback adventure. Catherine Denvir’s collage-like illustration makes visible what Acker does through writing — an existing cultural object dismantled and returned under another name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe edition is now comparatively scarce. Current dealer copies begin around US$65, with a good copy offered above US$100; signed examples sit far higher and are not directly comparable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecurely packed; tracked UK and international shipping available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54093974569298,"sku":"ACKER-PALADIN-CAT-1986","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Acker_Kathy._Don_Quixote._1986.jpg?v=1784963451","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/kathy-acker-don-quixote-which-was-a-dream-paladin-1986","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}