{"product_id":"kathy-acker-paul-buck-spread-wide-dis-voir-2004","title":"KATHY ACKER \u0026 PAUL BUCK — Spread Wide, Dis Voir, Paris, 2004","description":"\u003cp\u003eEncounters series, published by Dis Voir, Paris, 2004. With Rebecca Stephens and John Cussans. Illustrated paperback with printed wraparound paper band; 160 numbered pages (172 listed by the publisher); 17 × 21.5 cm. ISBN 978-2-914563-17-8.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e good, visibly handled; rubbing, surface marks, creasing and edge wear throughout, with pronounced tearing and lifting around the central bird motif on the front band. Small losses and softened corners. Binding appears intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced after Acker’s death, \u003cem\u003eSpread Wide\u003c\/em\u003e uses her early-1980s correspondence with writer and artist Paul Buck as source material. The letters date from the period in which Acker was writing \u003cem\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/em\u003e and attempting to relocate from America to London. Buck converts this archival exchange into a new fiction concerned with appropriation, sampling and plagiarism, with an essay by Rebecca Stephens and artwork by John Cussans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe letter is retained but no longer remains simply correspondence. Handwriting becomes cover, document becomes narrative, and a private exchange returns through another publishing structure. The damaged white band now produces a second interruption: the image and surface have continued to separate through handling.\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":54092353274194,"sku":"ACKER-DISVOI-CAT-2004","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Acker_Kathy._Buck_Paul._Spread_Wide._2005.jpg?v=1784963450","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/kathy-acker-paul-buck-spread-wide-dis-voir-2004","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}