Hellish hymns from Amphetamine Heaven, the vox populi of the Velvet Underground. . . . The characters of <i>a</i> represent the bizarre new class, untermenschen prefigurations of the technological millenium.

The New York Review of Books

<i>a</i> documents glamour going down on the mores of the day. . . . important and very funny

- Frieze,

You really ought to own it

Esquire

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A new kind of pop artifact

Library Journal

Part novel, part Pop artwork, Andy Warhol's a is an electrifying slice of life at his Factory studio

'A work of genius' Newsweek

In the early 1960s, Andy Warhol set out to turn the novel into pop art. a, the first book he wrote, is the result. Transcribed from audiotapes recorded in and around his legendary art studio, it begins with the actor Ondine popping pills, then follows a cast of thinly-disguised superstars, musicians and prima donnas as they run riot through Manhattan. A knowing response to James Joyce's Ulysses, using the freewheeling, spontaneous techniques as Warhol's visual art, this filthy, funny book is a uniquely creative insight into Factory life.

'Hellish hymns from Amphetamine Heaven, the vox populi of the Velvet Underground ... These people are witty and they are grand, they do terrible things and make awful remarks' New York Review of Books

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780241586402
Publisert
2022-11-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Penguin Classics
Vekt
404 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
592

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Biografisk notat

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was a painter, graphic artist filmmaker, and leader of the Pop Art movement. He also produced a significant body of film work, including the famous Chelsea Girls. Equally well known in the late Sixties and early Seventies as resident host at his studio, the Factory. Andy Warhol died following gall bladder surgery, in New York on the 22nd February 1987. As Warhol said: 'I never think that people die. They just go to department stores.'