Turkish Delight
Wolkers, Jan
£160.00
1st Edition
Hardcover
First UK Edition.Translated from the Dutch by Greta Kilburn. Publisher’s black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. Slight dent to fore-edge of upper board. About fine. In near fine, slightly creased dust jacket designed by Christopher Cresey. Very light sunning to spine. *** Groundbreaking novel by Dutch novelist and sculptor Jan Wolkers (1925-2007). Controversial at the time of publication (1969, as Turks fruit) for its explicit sex scenes. Wolkers would stay a bit of an outlier in Dutch literature. Raw and straight to the point, but at the same time sensitive and often baroque in style; similar perhaps to the American writer Henry Miller. The book was the basis for Paul Verhoeven’s film of the same name (1972).
Book Details
Author | Wolkers, Jan |
ISBN | 714510556 |
Publisher | Calder & Boyars Ltd |
Publisher Year | 1974 |
Book Condition | Near Fine |
Jacket Condition | Near Fine |
Binding Type | Hardcover |
Edition | 1st Edition |
Language | English |