THE PEYOTE DANCE by Antonin Artaud

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1976 First American edition, 105 pp., 5 1/2" X 8 1/4" Hardcover

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Originally published in France under the title ‘Les Tarahumaras’ (1947), ‘The Peyote Dance’ describes the Artaud’s experiences with Peyote and the Tarahumara in Mexico, in 1936. Written over twelve years and covering Artaud’s stay at a psychiatric hospital in Rodez, the book is has become a classic work of drug literature.