The Translator’s Own Copy
The Gangrene. Translated from the French by.
New York: Lyle Stuart, [1960].
Price: $250.00
About the item
First edition in English. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Translator’s Own Copy. Grey boards. Near fine in dust jacket (text block toned). Provenance: from the Library of Robert Silvers.
Item #317778
Le Gangrène, an account of the torture by the French D.S.T. of seven Algerians resident in Paris, was published in France by Les Editions de Minuit on 16 June 1959, and confiscated by the French authorities four days later.
Robert Silvers, formerly the managing editor of the Paris Review, translated this work for Lyle Stuart, known for publishing books “that other publishers hesitate to publish” (from the publisher’s introduction).
Silvers was a founding editor of the New York Review of Books and considered the journal’s advocacy of human rights issues as one of its chief accomplishments.
