Henry Darger: In the Realms of the Unreal
by John M. MacGregor

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Summary of Henry Darger: In the Realms of the Unreal

Henry Darger was born in Chicago in 1892. Shortly before his death in 1973, his landlord, Chicago artist Nathan Lerner, made a startling discovery in his tenant?s room: the history of another world in fifteen volumes, In the Realms of the Unreal?at 15,145 type-written pages, possibly the longest work of fiction ever written. In startlingly vivid detail, Darger?s Realms recounted the role of seven sisters, known as the Vivian Girls, in a violent conflict over child enslavement on an unnamed planet. Amidst the refuse, Lerner also found three huge bound volumes of brightly colored illustrations for the work, many painted on both sides and some over twelve feet in length. In the decades since his death, Darger?s alternate universe has attracted the intense interest of collectors, critics, and scholars around the world. His illustrations and writings have been the subject of major museum exhibitions in Europe and North America.

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