Touching From A Distance - Ian Curtis & Joy Division

Published: 1995
Publisher: Faber&Faber 
Paperback

Written by Ian's widow Deborah Curtis.

This is an essential read for anyone who wants to know more about Ian Curtis - the "troubled genius" who was the voice and lyricist of Joy Division.

It details Ian's troubled private life and untimely, premature death. You'll also find rare pictures, some in colour, a discography and all of Ian's lyrics, including some unpublished and unfinished ones printed here for the first time. Essential for anyone with more than a passing interest in Joy Division.

Unusually this book has never been issued in a hardback in the UK.

Touching From A Distance forms the basis for the Control film

This book is highly recommended by Joy Division Central

 


Read our 2005 Deborah Curtis interview here

 
First edition


Uncorrected proof


Signed copy
   
1st reissue 2001
Publisher: Faber and Faber
ISBN: 0 571 20739 1


   
2nd reissue 2005
Publisher: Faber and Faber
ISBN: 0-571-22481-4


   
3rd reissue 2007
Publisher: Faber and Faber
ISBN: 0978-0-571-23956-6


   
4th reissue 6th November 2014
Publisher: Faber and Faber
ASIN: B00QASHCJI

 
   
   
   
Histoire d'une Vie

First published: 1995
Publisher: Camion Blanc 
French edition
Paperback

 

 
French translation of Touching From A Distance 1995
   
Republished in 2000

   
   
Aus der Ferne...

First published: 1996
Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag
German edition
Paperback
D. Curtis / I. Schott
ISBN: 3–931126–02–1

 

 
German translation of Touching From A Distance
   
   
Cosi Vicino, Cosi Lontano

First published: 1996 (1st edition)
Publisher: Giunti Gruppo Editoriale
Italian Edition
ISBN: 88 09 20850 1

 

 
Italian translation of Touching From A Distance
   
Republished in 2005
ISBN: 88-09-03951-3

   


Joy Division i Ian Curtis - Przejmujący z oddali

Published 1997  
Hardback with dust jacket
Publisher: Iskry
Polish edition, 252 pages
ISBN: 83-207-1535-0,

    
Polish translation of Touching From A Distance by Krzysztof Oblucky 



Republished in 2008
Paperback
380 pages
ISBN: 9 788324 400607


   
Beröring Långt Ifrån (Ian Curtis & Joy Division av Deborah Curtis)

First published: 1996 (1st edition)
Publisher: No Love Lost, 2005
Swedish Edition
176 Pages
ISBN: 91-35012-53-1, 5

 
Swedish translation of Touching From A Distance
   
Republished in 2007
Paperback
Publisher: Vertigo Förlag
285 pages
ISBN: 9789185000463




   
Etäinen Kosketus - Ian Curtis ja Joy Division

First published: 2008
Publisher: LIKE
265 pages,
ISBN: 978-952-01-0130-5

 
Finnish edition of Touching From A Distance. Franslation by Peikko Pitkänen
   
Reissued 2010
Different cover
ISBN: 978-952-01-0486-3


   


Touching from a distance: la vida de Ian Curtis y Joy Division


Publisher: Metropolitan Ediciones de España S.L.
251 pages
ISBN (13): 978-84-612-2151-6
ISBN (10): 84-612-2151-6

 
Spanish edition of Touching From A Distance
Translation by Sánchez Armesto, Marcos
   
   
Carícias Distantes - biografia de Ian Curtis


Published 1996
Publisher: Assírio & Alvim, portugal
ISBN: 972-37-0185-5,
197 pages,


Portuguese translation of Touching From A Distance (excluding the lyrics, which were issue on their own in a separate book - see next listing)

   
   
Antologia Poética, Ian Curtis / Joy Division


Published 1996
Publisher: Assírio & Alvim, Portugal
157 pages
ISBN: 972-37-0186-3


Portuguese issue of the lyrics section of Touching From A Distance (the lyrics appear both in English as well as translated into Portuguese)

The remainder of Debbie's book was issued separately - see listing above

   
   
Touching From A Distance


Paperback with glossy dust jacket
Published 2006
Publisher: Sohoyosha Ltd., Japan
ISBN: 4-434-08248-5,
282 pages

Japanese translation of Touching From A Distance

   
   
Touching From A Distance


Published 2009
Publisher:
ISBN 978-953-12-1040-9
276 pages

Croation translation of Touching From A Distance

 

   
   
Touching From A Distance


Published 2013
Publisher:
ISBN: 978-5-9904994-3-0
1500 copies
224 pages
Paperback
Translators: Konstantin Ryakin, Maksim Kuznetzov
Editor: Valeria Kuksova

Russian translation of Touching From A Distance

 





Tocando a Distancia: Ian Curtis e Joy Division

Published 2014
Hardback
Publisher: Edicoes Ideal
ISBN: 9 788562 885303 
315 pages

Brazil edition - Portuguese translation
No text on the cover but the spine has the book title etc






Republished in 2014
Paperback
315 pages
ISBN: 9788562885235