“Rachilde” was the pen name of Marguerite Vallette-Eymery (1860–1953), one of the most important writers of the Decadent Movement. Her works include the novels Monsieur Vénus (1884), and The Princess of Darkness (1895), the latter book being written under the pseudonym Jean de Chilra. She also wrote a 1928 monograph on gender identity, Pourquoi je ne suis pas féministe (“Why I am not a Feminist”).
A Fishy End was first published as Queue de poisson in 1885 when Rachilde was just 25 years old, and directly after the publication of her decadent masterpiece Monsieur Vénus. Though a somewhat minor work, A Fishy End helps add to the growing body of word in the English language by the Queen of the Decadents.
In addition to this standard hardcover, A Fishy End is also available in a “cocktail” edition of 9 copies, and a deluxe leather-bound hardcover in an edition of 9 copies, directly from Purple Bearded Uncle.
A FISHY END
SPECS
- By Rachilde, translation by Sue Boswell.
- Published by Purple Bearded Uncle in a standard hardcover edition of 120 numbered copies.
- 8.5x5.75in, 68 pages, thread-stitched.
- Cover: snow-colored Fedrigoni Tela, with a 250gsm sesame-colored felt-marked kraft paper dustjacket.
- Interior: fine 140gsm Italian pink paper with raspberry-colored 140gsm Sirio endpapers.
- Lithographically printed in Italy, 2025.
- ISBN: 978-1-64525-173-6