Herve Guibert

To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life

New York: Atheneum, 1991. Jacket by Sara Love. First Edition. Hardcover octavo in illustrated dust jacket. White speckled paper covered boards stamped in blind with author's name to front, backed in burgundy cloth spine with lettering stamped in gilt. 246pp. Thinly fictionalized memoir of Guibert's experience during the AIDS crisis, specifically centering around his relationship with "Muzil", a stand-in for friend and lover Michel Foucault, as he died of AIDS-related complications. The book caused a sensation in France upon its release, and has remained in print as an international cult classic. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, Item #2453

Price: $60.00