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CHARLES CROS (1842-1888) was one of the most brilliant minds of his generation, equally adept at poetry, fiction, and scientific inquiry. He wrote smutty verses with Verlaine, synthesized gems with...

Stefan Themerson (1910-1988) defied simple categories; he was a legendary European writer, publisher, philosopher, and filmmaker. Together with his wife, Franciszka, they founded Gaberbocchus Press,...

The master absurdist's inaugural collection contains his hand-picked favorites from the pages of "Le Chat Noir" the bohemian journal that amused and scandalized Paris. Here you'll find Allais in the...

HERE LIES MEMORY explores the place of memory in living, daily, scarred and sacred lives. Two Pittsburgh families struggle to survive trauma and love. A man wills himself to go blind, not to forget,...

Le Chat Noir Exposed: The Absurdist Spirit Behind A 19Th Century French CabaretAuthor: Caroline. CrepiatPublisher: Black Scat BooksPublication Date: June 27, 2021Number of Pages: 182 pagesLanguage:...

The first publication in English of the master humorist's collection, VIVE LA VIE! - stories culled from the pages of LE CHAT NOIR, packed with madcap (and bawdy) tales of love, adultery, the...

Alphonse Allais's third collection finds him in full anti-bilious form: love stories, revenge stories, monologues, short-shorts, and animal stories-all affronting the reader with startlingly modern...

THE STORY BEHIND ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL NOVELS OF THE 20TH CENTURY.A richly detailed look at Histoire d'o from its original publication in 1954 to the present. Author Reese Saxment situates O...

Strange Fruit & Other PlaysAuthor: Harold JaffePublisher: Black Scat BooksPublication Date: Oct 26, 2021Number of Pages: 144 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1737371154ISBN-13:...

The Pissers' TheatreAuthor: Eckhard GerdesPublisher: Black Scat BooksPublication Date: June 10, 2021Number of Pages: 112 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1735764698ISBN-13:...

TOURIST tells the mysterious story of Jack Sturrett, a book reviewer for a London literary magazine. Dissatisfied with his job, he makes an impulsive decision to leave the city without informing...

On August 17 1911-seven years before Max Ernst took up scissors and paste to create his early Dada art-WHAT A LIFE! was published in London by Methuen & Co. The authors, Edward Verrall Lucas (a...