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A Stranger on Earth
A Stranger on Earth

A Stranger on Earth

The Life and Work of Anna Kavan

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

240 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5

Trade Paper, $21.95 (US $21.95) (CA $24.95)

Publication Date: May 2006

ISBN 9780720612738

Rights: US & CA

Peter Owen Publishers (May 2006)

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Overview

Reed’s new biography draws on new material to map out the enigmatic life and times of one of Britain’s most extraordinary novelists.This biography of novelist Anna Kavan, draws on newly discovered material about a visionary writer who renamed herself after a character in one of her own novels and did everything she could to resist biography. It documents Kavan's addiction to heroin, her failed marriages, her bond with her psychiatrist, her suicide attempts, her strange, unforgettable paintings, her devotion to gay men, her obsessions, phobias, reclusiveness, and indomitable artistic courage. Of Reed's biographical fiction of the Marquis de Sade, When the Whip Comes Down.

Author Biography

Jeremy Reed is the author of seven novels and five works of non-fiction. He has won the National Poetry Competition, the Eric Gregory Award, and the Somerset Maugham Award. He is also the author of well-received biographies of Lou Reed, Marc Almond and Scott Walker.

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