Bob Dylan's first and only book of
poetry. He wrote it when he was 23.
The title page text states:
This is a work of fantasy and imagination.
An excerpt from the book's publisher:
"Poets and writers tell us how we feel by telling us how they feel. They find ways to
express the inexpressible. Sometimes they tell the truth and sometimes they lie to us to keep our hearts from breaking.
Bob has always been out ahead, working in ways which can be
hard to understand. A lot of what he wrote then in
Tarantula doesn't seem so hard to understand now. People change and their feelings change. But
Tarantula hasn't been changed. Bob wants it published and so it is now time to publish it."