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6%OFFDjuna Barnes - Ladies Almanack - 9780814711804 - V9780814711804
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Ladies Almanack

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Description for Ladies Almanack Paperback. Offers a parody accompanied by the author's illustrations. This book pokes fun at the wealthy expatriates who were author's literary contemporaries and remains controversial today, it seems to have delighted its cast of characters, which was also the first audience. Series: Ladies Almanack. Num Pages: 138 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 159.

"Lesbianism, its flories and sorows, is the subject and quest of this marvelously erverse sentimental journey by Nightwood's author... A striking lesbian mainfesto and a deft parody."
—Library Journal
Blending fiction, myth, and revisionary parody and accompanied by the author's delightful illustrations, Ladies Almanac is also a brilliant modernist composition and arguably the most audacious lesbian text of its time. While the book pokes fun at the wealthy expatriates who were Barnes' literary contemporaries and remains controversial today, it seems to have delighted its cast of characters, which was also the first audience. Barney herself subsidized its private ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
Series
Ladies Almanack
Number of Pages
138
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814711804
SKU
V9780814711804
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

Reviews for Ladies Almanack
"Lesbianism, its flories and sorows, is the subject and quest of this marvelously erverse sentimental journey by Nightwood's author... A striking lesbian mainfesto and a deft parody."
Library Journal

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