{"product_id":"kathy-acker-kathy-goes-to-haiti-pandora-1990","title":"KATHY ACKER — Kathy Goes to Haiti, Pandora, London, 1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst Pandora edition, UK standalone paperback, published by Pandora, London, 1990. Illustrated softcover; 170 pages; 13 × 20 cm. ISBN 0-04-440748-3.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e good, visibly handled; rubbing, scratches and creasing to wrappers, with edge and corner wear and abrasion along the spine. Original Public House Bookshop, Brighton label retained on the rear cover. Binding appears intact; interior condition not confirmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published by the small Toronto press Rumour Publications in 1978, \u003cem\u003eKathy Goes to Haiti\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to Acker’s early period of self-consciously repetitive, anti-narrative fiction. Its deliberately simplified sexual encounters use the travel story to examine fantasy, race, gender and the unequal relationship between an American visitor and Haiti. This 1990 London edition returned it to circulation as an individual paperback after its inclusion in \u003cem\u003eLiteral Madness\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eYoung Lust\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePandora’s design is especially useful beside its 1990 edition of \u003cem\u003eIn Memoriam to Identity\u003c\/em\u003e. The blue collage covering this paperback appears to reuse a section of the same image system found across that book’s jacket. Two separate texts are given a shared visual surface: the author’s work organised into a recognisable publisher identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliographic records confirm this as the 170-page London paperback edition issued by Pandora in 1990.\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":54099322372434,"sku":"ACKER-PANDORA-CAT-1990b","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Acker_Kathy.KathygoestoHaiti.1990.jpg?v=1785058936","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/kathy-acker-kathy-goes-to-haiti-pandora-1990","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}