The Leg of Lamb - Benjamin Peret Herbert Crowley an allegory of the deadly

an allegory of the deadly bargain a striving young artist often makes with life

In Imaginary Languages (an updated and expanded version of the earlier Les Fous du langage

it was greeted with wild enthusiasm by the artists and writers of the Expressionist generation

everyone and everything is larger than life and bragging is elevated into an art form

It provides unparalleled insight into Walser’s creative process

The Leg of Lamb - Benjamin Peret Herbert Crowley an allegory of the deadlyThe Leg of Lamb: It's Life and Works by Benjamin Pret ISBN 9780984115532 paperback with flaps from Wakefield Press *** A foundational classic of Surrealist literature, The Leg of Lamb: Its Life and Works brings together the arch Surrealist Benjamin Prets short prose: a smorgasbord of automatic writing and fantastical narratives that play on a medley of registers, employing everything from the cinematic antics of Buster Keaton and slapstick animation