Lichtenchtein

1999 · rif. 2121809 — 1999. London:Granta Books. 1999. 8vo. Original publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering to spine and original photograph pasted to front board; encased in green slipcase; pp. xiii 4-184 8 338 14; fine.First edition numbered 99/250 and signed by the authors with original photograph to front board.Co-written with IaIn Sinclair the cult classic Rodinsky's Room is based on the true account of orthodox Jewish scholar and recluse David Rodinsky who disappeared without trace. He left his abandoned room above a synogoue in the Jewish quarter of East London in the 1960s only to be discovered twenty years later the mysterious tenants personality immaculately preserved through the obscure objects he had left behind and supposedly even the imprint of a head fossilised to a pillow. Moved by the mystery of his story and eccentricity artist Rachel Lichtenstein came across the abandoned room in 1990. Her inspired text details her personal odyssey for Rodinsky which took her to Poland and Israel as well as on an exploration of Jewish London and is accompanied by IaIn Sinclair's own commentary on the journey Lichtenstein undertook into uncovering her history. hardcover