A Sinister Assassin contains original translations of Antonin Artaud-s last writings and interviews, most never previously available in English. A Sinister Assassin presents translations of Antonin Artaud-s largely unknown final work of 1947-48, revealing new insights into his obsessions with human anatomy, sexuality, societal power, creativity, and ill-will-notably, preoccupations of the contemporary world. -Artaud-s last conception of performance is that of a dance-propelled act of autopsy, generating a -body without organs- which negates malevolent microbial epidemics. This book assembles Artaud-s crucial writings and press interviews from September 1947 to March 1948, undertaken at a decrepit pavilion in the grounds of a convalescence clinic in Ivry-sur-Seine, on the southern edge of Paris, as well as in-transit through Paris-s streets. It also draws extensively on Artaud-s manuscripts and original interviews with his friends, collaborators, and doctors throughout the 1940s, illumi
