Antonin Artaud; Helen Weaver [trans.] — The Peyote Dance

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975. Paperback. A very scarce uncorrected proof of the first English language translation of this account of Antonin Artaud's time in 1930's Mexico. A very scarce uncorrected proof of Helen Weaver's English translation of author Antonin Artaud's work.In 1935 French writer, poet and dramatist Antonin Artaud travelled to South America, going on to live with the indigenous Mexican Tarahumaran people and participating in their peyote rites. His writings during this time are here published for the first time in English, somewhat concerned with the supernatural, and including an account of his horrific withdrawal from heroin upon entering the land of the Tarahumaras. In the original paper wraps. Slight bend to head of front wrap. Publisher's label and pen notation to front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Page numbers identified in pen. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .