Krupp's Lulu. Stories.

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [xvi], 190, [1]. Red paper backstrip over tan paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Deckled fore-edges.

A collection of sixteen experimental stories by a legendary fiction editor, this book consists of minutely focused word-games, variations on a theme, and ventures beyond the normal bounds. "With writing reminiscent of Stein or Beckett, Lish reminds his readers that the actual past and the remembered past are different, and he fleshes out every possible perspective... These details – haunting, funny, ordinary, pitiable – are the real stuff of life." –Boston Review