Short stories addressing the surreal realities of mental illness, from
an incredible cult writer often compared to Kafka and Woolf The
tortured life of Anna Kavan brought her some reward in terms of great
pieces of art. Her drug addiction bore fruit in the Julia and the
Bazooka collection of stories; while this companion volume recalls her
experience of the asylum--powerful, haunting works which can be
harrowing but are full of sympathy too.