{"id":878,"date":"2020-03-11T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/?p=878"},"modified":"2020-11-11T17:57:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T22:57:31","slug":"edition-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/edition-69","title":{"rendered":"Edition 69"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Edition 69<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

by Franti\u0161ek Halas, V\u00edt\u0115slav Nezval, and Jind\u0159ich \u0160tyrsky<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Launched in 1931 by Jind\u0159ich \u0160tyrsky, Edition 69 consisted of six volumes of erotic literature and illustration that followed the path marked out by Louis Aragon’s Irene’s Cunt and Georges Bataille’s Story of the Eye. Including the first Czech translation of Marquis de Sade’s Justine and Pietro Aretino (both illustrated by Toyen), three volumes in the series were from Czech avant-garde artists, and these were all illustrated by \u0160tyrsky himself, who also contributed the text for the series’ final volume. Brought together in original English translations by Jed Slast, Edition 69 includes Nezval’s “Sexual Nocturne”, Halas’ erotic poetry collection “Thyrsos”, and \u0160tyrsky’s “Emilie Comes to Me in a Dream”, including the original postscript from psychoanalyst and fellow Surrealist Bohuslav Brouk. For each, \u0160tyrsky chose a different technique for the artwork, from pen and ink drawings to graphic collages to pornographic photomontages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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collage by Jind\u0159ich \u0160tyrsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Influenced by Max Ernst’s collage-novels, Andr\u00e9 Masson’s illustrations, and the book as object, \u0160tyrsky’s overall conception for the Edition 69 series ranks it among the notable achievements of European Surrealism, representing as well a sustained attempt by the interwar Czech avant-garde to investigate the taboos of bourgeois culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text adapted from the publisher’s press materials<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT THE BOOK<\/strong>
Edition 69<\/em>
by Franti\u0161ek Halas, V\u00edt\u0115slav Nezval, and Jind\u0159ich \u0160tyrsky
137 pages; softcover
29 black-and-white illustrations
7.5″x5.5″
ISBN 978-80-86264-11-0
$17 US \/ \u00a312
Twisted Spoon Press<\/a>, Prague, Czech Republic, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purchase the book from the publisher HERE<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Franti\u0161ek Halas, V\u00edt\u0115slav Nezval, and Jind\u0159ich \u0160tyrsky
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