Who This Author Is

Alfred Jarry has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 11 catalog-linked books across 1992 to 2019, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Classics & Literary Fiction.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with Caesar Antichrist (Collected Works of Alfred Jarry) and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1992 to 2019; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Consortium Book Sales & Dist and Dover Publications.

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Author At A Glance

Best known for: Classics & Literary Fiction entry points • common used copies from Consortium Book Sales & Dist and Dover Publications

Genres and themes: Classics & Literary Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1992 to 2019; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Consortium Book Sales & Dist and Dover Publications.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Caesar Antichrist (Collected Works of Alfred Jarry)

    Consortium Book Sales & Dist • 1993 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1993 • 144 pages.

  2. Days and Nights: Novel of a Deserter

    Consortium Book Sales & Dist • 1992 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1992 • 144 pages.

  3. The Garden of Priapus

    Fredonia Books (NL) • 2003 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2003 • 172 pages.

  4. Love Making Visits

    electricUmbrella Publishing • 2002 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2002 • 193 pages.

  5. UBU PLAYS: UBU REX, UBU CUCKOLDED, UBU ENCHAINED, and Writings on the Theatre

    Methuen Pub Ltd • 1993 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1993 • 176 pages.

  6. Visits of Love (Jarry, Alfred, Works, 5.)

    Consortium Book Sales & Dist • 1993 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1993 • 112 pages.

  7. Ubu Roi

    Exit Press • 2014 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2014 • 74 pages.

  8. Ubu's almanac

    Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas • 1998 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1998 • 49 pages.

  9. The Ubu Plays

    Theatre Communications Group • 1997 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1997 • 96 pages.

  10. Père Ubu's Illustrated Almanac

    mOnocle-Lash Anti-Press • 2019 • commitment varies by edition

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

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