Claire-Louise Bennett explores the surreal portraiture of Dorothea Tanning. A chance encounter with an exhibition of Tanning’s works in Madrid reawakens a kinship between the surrealist artist and the author. Falling in and out of the artist’s life and paintings, she recollects the rebellious internal worlds and nascent creativity that defined both their childhoods.

Flat signed by author on title page, especially for The Second Shelf.

Milan: Juxta Press, 2020. Signed first edition. 16 x 12 x 0.5. 42 pages. Paperback.