{"product_id":"kathy-acker-eurydice-in-the-underworld-arcadia-books-1997","title":"KATHY ACKER — Eurydice in the Underworld, Arcadia Books, London, 1997","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition, paperback original, published by Arcadia Books, London, 1997. Cover design by Discript; cover image by Ian Shingleton. Illustrated softcover; 188 pages; 13.5 × 21.5 cm. ISBN 1-900850-08-7.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e good, visibly handled; light rubbing, scratching and shallow creasing to wrappers, with minor edge and corner wear. Charity-shop Gift Aid label retained on the rear cover, partly obscuring the design credit. Interior condition not confirmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished during the final months of Acker’s life, the collection brings together the newly written \u003cem\u003eEurydice in the Underworld\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRequiem\u003c\/em\u003e with earlier fiction and drama, including \u003cem\u003ePolitics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Translations of the Diaries of Laure the Schoolgirl\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Birth of the Poet\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title work repositions the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice around the woman left below. Acker draws directly upon cancer, surgery, hospitalisation and a collapsing relationship, converting autobiography into a descent through illness, death and underground culture. It is one of her final and most exposed uses of myth: an inherited story made to carry the body of the writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rear label records another passage. First issued as a £10.99 paperback, the book later entered charity-shop circulation before returning as a scarce first edition. The mark remains part of that movement.\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":54094008877394,"sku":"ACKER-ARCADIA-CAT-1997","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Acker_Kathy._Eurydice_in_the_Underworld._1997.jpg?v=1784963450","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/kathy-acker-eurydice-in-the-underworld-arcadia-books-1997","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}