The Adventures of Mao on the Long March
New York: Citadel Press, 1971.
A bright, well-preserved copy of Tuten’s first novel with the notable Lichtenstein-designed jacket.
Octavo, 8¼ inches tall; 121 pages. Publisher’s black cloth with red spine titles. In the original dust jacket illustrated by Roy Lichtenstein.
The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Appears unread. Dust jacket price-clipped with light shelf handling; now protected in a clear Mylar sleeve.
Frederic Tuten’s debut novel, a satirical and surreal narrative loosely inspired by Mao Zedong’s historic Long March but rendered through a distinctly postmodern lens. Rather than a literal historical retelling, Tuten constructs a playful and absurdist allegory blending political mythology, literary parody, and experimental narrative techniques. The novel reflects the intellectual climate of the late 1960s and early 1970s, when Western writers and artists were increasingly engaging with revolutionary iconography and questioning political narratives through irony and satire.
The striking dust jacket illustration by Roy Lichtenstein situates the book visually within the Pop Art movement. Lichtenstein’s bold graphic style—characterized by simplified forms and high-contrast design—echoes the novel’s playful reinterpretation of ideological imagery and adds crossover appeal for collectors of Pop Art–related publications.
Subjects: Frederic Tuten, Roy Lichtenstein, Pop Art, Political Satire, Mao Zedong, Postmodern Fiction, Satire, Experimental Literature.
Item #21705
ISBN: 0806502487
Price: $35.00
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