{"product_id":"dirty-books-erotic-fiction-and-the-avant-garde-in-mid-century-paris-and-new-york-9781526181466","title":"Dirty Books: Erotic Fiction and the Avant-Garde in Mid-Century Paris and New York","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn intimate history of the pornographic publisher behind some of the greatest works of the twentieth-century avant-garde. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the 1930s to the 1970s, in New York and in Paris, daring publishers and writers were producing banned pornographic literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors of the books were young, impecunious writers, poets and artists. Most of them wrote to survive, but some relished the freedom to experiment that anonymity provided - men writing as women, women writing as men - and some, such as Ana?s Nin and Henry Miller, went on to become influential figures in modernist literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dirty books tells the stories of these writers and their remarkable publishers: Jack Kahane of Obelisk Press and his son Maurice Girodias of Olympia Press, whose catalogue and repertoire anticipated that of the more famous US publisher Grove Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Reay, Nina Attwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526181466","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43293814227081,"sku":"9781526181466","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_4c5a76bc-49ed-4049-a83e-02c227e198ce.jpg?v=1737443442","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/dirty-books-erotic-fiction-and-the-avant-garde-in-mid-century-paris-and-new-york-9781526181466","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}