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Played out against the backdrop of Paris before the start of the First World War, Tarr tells the blackly comic story of the lives and loves of two artists--the English enfant terrible Frederick Tarr, and the middle-aged German Otto Kreisler, a failed painter who finds himself... Read Full Overview

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Tarr is Wyndham Lewis' stunning debut novel, here in its original 1918 version. A full-scale Nietzschean assault on bourgeois values, Tarr is set in the cafes and bars of Paris in the early 20th century, and tells the tale of the artists and intellectuals of that time.

Tarr is a modernist novel by Wyndham Lewis, written in 1909-11, revised and expanded in 1914-15 and first serialized in the magazine The Egoist from April 1916 until November 1917. Set in the bohemian milieu of pre-war Paris, it presents two artists, the Englishman Tarr and the... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Tarr, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This... Read Full Overview

Set in Paris, ""Tarr"" offers a darkly humorous exploration of the lives of two artists: Frederick Tarr, an audacious young Englishman, and Otto Kreisler, a disillusioned middle-aged German painter spiraling into self-destruction. The narrative unfolds as both men vie for the... Read Full Overview

Percy Wyndham Lewis's "Tarr" is a sharp and satirical novel exploring the tumultuous intersection of art, bohemianism, and intellectual life in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of pre-World War I Europe, this English fiction delves into the lives of artists... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview