(Yayoi Kusama) (Manhattan Suicide Addict)
£200.00
Tokyo: Kosakusha, 1978, Softcover with dust jacket. Japanese language.
Condition: Acceptable, Shelfwear, Rubbed edges, Edges are yellowed by aging. Sunfaded around spine on dust jacket. Some stains are on the back of dust jacket. There is a few of torn out on top of dust jacket. See the photos.
Shipped from Germany. No,return.
A striking first edition of Yayoi Kusama's debut novel Manhattan Suicide Addict. Published in 1978, a year after Kusama had returned to Japan following the death of her partner Joseph Cornell. The novel (never translated into English), is best described as a faux autobiography, describing Kusama's years in New York in the 50s and 60s.