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John Tranter Different Hands
Biographical note: John Tranter is a leading modern poet and the editor of Jacket, an Internet literary magazine. Alongside his more approachable narrative, lyric and critical work he has persistently explored a project of experimentation, interrogating the traffic between speech, writing and meaning, and challenging the preconceptions of the reader. BIC Basic EAN13: 9781863682411 ISBN-10: 1863682414 ISBN-13: 9781863682411 Author: John Tranter Title: Different Hands Series: Product class: BC Language: eng Audience: General/trade BIC subject category: CTCH1 Publisher: Folio(Salt) Pub date: 01-Oct-98 Extent: 80pp Height: 210 mm Width: 132 mm Thickness: 5 mm Weight: 120 gms Supplier: Gardners Books Supplier: Ingram Book Group Supplier: Inbooks (James Bennett) Availability: IP Price: GBP 9.99 Price: USD 16.95 Rights: World	See larger image	Short description/annotation: Seven strange and disturbing stories, computer-generated collaborations using pieces by different writers. In a fiord, Biggles clashes with Radclyffe Hall. In Japan, Henry Miller contemplates the Master of Go. Allen Ginsberg takes the Bobbsey Twins on a drug-soaked trip across America, and Louisa Alcott’s “Little Women” endure the Mexican desert. Main description: Seven strange and disturbing stories – computer-generated collaborations based on pieces by different writers, and shaken, stirred and transformed by the poet John Tranter. In a Norwegian fiord, Biggles clashes passionately with the noted lesbian writer Radclyffe Hall. In the mountains of Japan, Henry Miller struggles to understand the Master of Go. Allen Ginsberg takes the Bobbsey Twins on a raving, drug-soaked trip across America, and Louisa Alcott’s “Little Women” suffer perilous mystical experiences in the Mexican desert. John Tranter is the leading modern poet and editor of Jacket, and internet literary magazine. Alongside his more approachable narrative, lyric and critical work he has persistently explored a project of experimentation, interrogating the traffic between speech, writing and meaning, and challenging the preconceptions of the reader. Table of contents: Excerpt from book: