Rainsplitter in the Zodiac Garden.

Shuttle (Penelope)

Rainsplitter in the Zodiac Garden.

Description: FIRST EDITION, pp. 182, crown 8vo, original pale blue-grey boards, backstrip lettered in gilt and with a small area of paper adhering from verso of dustjacket at foot), a little dustiness to top edge, dustjacket with a small waterstain at foot of backstrip panel, very short closed tear at head of rear panel (with attendant creasing) and the odd nick elsewhere, very good

Publication Details: Marion Boyars, 1977

Notes: Inscribed by the author on the half-title: 'Paddy and Dulan with love from Penny, Feb 77'. The recipients were authors Paddy Kitchen and Dulan Barber; laid in is a 2pp. ALs to the same, discussing in the main the birth and early characteristics of Shuttle's daughter (with poet Peter Redgrove), Zoe. The experience of pregnancy is central to this novel, whose protagonist Faustina 'visualizes herself as many different types of women in many different times' whilst in that state.