- Beautiful edition by the Lapis Press of Venice, California established by leading painter & printmaker, Sam Francis
- Francis established this press in 1984 to create unusual, visually beautiful editions
- Press director and editor of the book by Robert Shapazian, an art dealer and founder of Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles
- Design by Patrick Dooley
- Illustrated covers, end papers and 6 interior pages are details of the painting Eichenwald (Oak Forest) by Robert Zund (1827-1909)
- Interior foldout landscape is a detail of a photography by Jean Pritchard, hand tinted by her and Misha Ichikawa
- Photography of the corpse is self-portrait by Pierre Molinier
- First novel by Julien Gracq, first published in 1938
- He described it as "demonic" version of Wagner's opera Parsifal
- Writing is surrealist, Gothic horror
- Translated from Franch in 1951 by Louise Varese, wife of composer Edgar Varese
- A beautifully designed and printed book
- Great addition to a library of fine books
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