in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past – a journey that can be guided only by one’s own conscience

Whilst there she studied film with the Danish filmmaker Ole John and photography under the influential photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher

with tipped in original print

This is number 190 in an edition of 350 small format hardback books covering the art prints published by Curwen press over 40 years

Signed with inscription by Martin Parr to title page

The Mystic Masseur Hilary mantel in painful yet necessary transitionFirst edition first impression from 1957 in VG condition of The Mystic Masseur; the book has general reading wear and there is a mark to rear endpapers, no other markings. The jacket has some shelfwear to extremities. About The Mystic Masseur The novel is about a frustrated writer of Indian descent who rises from an impoverished background to become a successful politician on the back of his dubious talent as a masseur who can cure illnesses.