I Am Lazarus

Download or read book I Am Lazarus written by Anna Kavan and published by Peter Owen Publishers. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short stories addressing the surreal realities of mental illness, from an incredible cult writer often compared to Kafka and Woolf The tortured life of Anna Kavan brought her some reward in terms of great pieces of art. Her drug addiction bore fruit in the Julia and the Bazooka collection of stories; while this companion volume recalls her experience of the asylum—powerful, haunting works which can be harrowing but are full of sympathy too.