London: Jonathan Cape, 1971
Advance Review Copy. Softcover.
This poetry collection captures Brautigan at the height of his countercultural visibility. The poems juxtapose pop imagery, domestic stillness, absurdist humor, and quiet emotional dislocation. The tone oscillates between comic understatement and existential loneliness, a balance that defined Brautigan’s voice during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The collection helped solidify his reputation as a poet capable of compressing irony and melancholy into deceptively simple forms. Though often associated with the American West Coast literary scene, Brautigan’s reach was international, and the Jonathan Cape issue represents his presence in the British literary market.
Advance review copies precede the finished trade edition and were produced in significantly smaller numbers. For Brautigan collectors, pre-publication states carry distinct bibliographic appeal.
Advance review copy
Pre-publication state
International (UK) issue
Key countercultural poetry title
Good
Brautigan’s poetry shaped the tone of late-1960s American literary minimalism. Early states of his major collections are increasingly difficult to locate, especially outside institutional holdings.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971
Advance Review Copy. Softcover.
This poetry collection captures Brautigan at the height of his countercultural visibility. The poems juxtapose pop imagery, domestic stillness, absurdist humor, and quiet emotional dislocation. The tone oscillates between comic understatement and existential loneliness, a balance that defined Brautigan’s voice during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The collection helped solidify his reputation as a poet capable of compressing irony and melancholy into deceptively simple forms. Though often associated with the American West Coast literary scene, Brautigan’s reach was international, and the Jonathan Cape issue represents his presence in the British literary market.
Advance review copies precede the finished trade edition and were produced in significantly smaller numbers. For Brautigan collectors, pre-publication states carry distinct bibliographic appeal.
Advance review copy
Pre-publication state
International (UK) issue
Key countercultural poetry title
Good
Brautigan’s poetry shaped the tone of late-1960s American literary minimalism. Early states of his major collections are increasingly difficult to locate, especially outside institutional holdings.
