Tarantul [Tarantula]
by Dylan Bob
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- In good condition, spine slightly rubbed.
- Seller
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Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia
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About This Item
Vladivostok, Uliss, 1991.
Limited to 20 000 copies.
First Russian edition of first Dylan's book.
Tarantula, an experimental prose and poetry collection in stream-of-consciousness style, was written in 1965–1966. The publishing process was interrupted because of the Dylan's motorcycle accident. First copies appeared by underground press in the middle of 1965. First official edition was issued only in 1971. In 2003 Spin magazine published an article Top Five Unintelligible Sentences from Books Written by Rock Stars. Dylan's line from Tarantula came in first place.
Russian translation was prepared by Maksim Nemtsov (b. 1963), an editor of samizdat rock magazine DVR. He worked as a consular assistant at the US Consulate General in Vladivostok. Nemtsov also translated Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, J.D. Salinger's books.
Front cover illustrated with photography by Mikhail Pavin (b. 1958). He taught at the Jilin College of the Arts in China. He is considered as the creator of the longest photo in Russia.
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- Bookseller
- Biblionne (RS)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5803
- Title
- Tarantul [Tarantula]
- Author
- Dylan Bob
- Illustrator
- M. Pavin
- Format/Binding
- In original illustrated wrappers.
- Book Condition
- Used - In good condition, spine slightly rubbed.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 138, [2] pp., ill
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Uliss
- Place of Publication
- Vladivostok
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- American literature; Translations; Rare books;
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