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Richard Brautigan – In Watermelon Sugar – First Edition 1970
£150.00
First edition, first printing of ‘In Watermelon Sugar’. Published by Cape in London, in 1970. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper has a little edge wearand has not been price clipped. The boards are free from chips and marks. The text blocks are bright, white, have some foxing. Overall, this is a very good copy of a nice title.
A surreal, postmodern novel set in a commune-like place called iDEATH. Written in a minimalist, dreamlike style, it explores love, loss, memory, and human fragility. The narrator reflects on relationships, particularly with Margaret and Pauline, while describing a world where things are made of watermelon sugar. Both whimsical and unsettling, the book blends fantasy with quiet melancholy, capturing the tension between beauty, decay, and the search for meaning.
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First edition, first printing of ‘In Watermelon Sugar’. Published by Cape in London, in 1970. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper has a little edge wearand has not been price clipped. The boards are free from chips and marks. The text blocks are bright, white, have some foxing. Overall, this is a very good copy of a nice title.
A surreal, postmodern novel set in a commune-like place called iDEATH. Written in a minimalist, dreamlike style, it explores love, loss, memory, and human fragility. The narrator reflects on relationships, particularly with Margaret and Pauline, while describing a world where things are made of watermelon sugar. Both whimsical and unsettling, the book blends fantasy with quiet melancholy, capturing the tension between beauty, decay, and the search for meaning.
