![]() ![]() ![]() These anarchic and lyrical pieces are translated into English for the first time by Jeffrey Zuckerman. The volume concludes with a series of short, jewel-like stories composed at the end of his life. Propaganda Death, his harsh, visceral debut, is included in its entirety. ![]() Written in Invisible Ink maps the writer's artistic development, from his earliest texts-fragmented stories of queer desire-to the unnervingly photorealistic descriptions in Vice and the autobiographical sojourns of Singular Adventures. Best known for the series of books he wrote during the last years of his life, chronicling his coexistence with illness, he has been a powerful influence on many contemporary writers. An originator of French "autofiction" of the 1990s, Guibert wrote with aggressive candor, detachment, and passion, mixing diary writing, memoir, and fiction. Herve Guibert published twenty-five books before dying of AIDS in 1991 at age 36. Stories that map the writer's artistic development, written with candor, detachment, and passion. ![]()
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