Readers who've not yet read Jane Bowles are almost to be envied, like people who've still to read Austen or Mansfield or Woolf, and have all the delight, the literary satisfaction, the shock of classic originality, the revelation of such good writing, still to come.

Ali Smith

One of the finest modern writers of fiction in any language.

John Ashberry

A thoroughly original mind - a mind at once profoundly witty, genuinely unusual in its apprehensions, and bracingly, humanely true.

Claire Messud

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A modern legend ... A very funny writer ... with at [her] heart the subtlest comprehension of eccentricity and human apartness.

Truman Capote

<p>A dizzyingly original stylist</p>

New York Times

<p>Bowles is a master of the unforgettable phrase that no one else could have written</p>

William S. Burroughs

<p>The most important writer of prose fiction in modern American letters</p>

Tennessee Williams

Deserves to sit next to Mansfield, Rhys and Woolf

Chris Power

'It's the truth,' the women said from their mattress 'Everything is nice'.'Readers who've not yet read Jane Bowles are almost to be envied, like people who've still to read Austen or Mansfield or Woolf' Ali Smith'Jane Bowles's literary output, small but perfect, puts her on a stylistic planet all her own' New Yorker 'A dizzyingly original stylist' New York TimesAlva, a widow, states a preference for plain ordinary pleasures - only to get drunk and flirtatious, and pass out in a strange bed when she is asked out for the evening.Sadie, a spinster, goes to a holiday resort complete with pine groves, marshmallows and respectable clientele - to bring her nervous sister home, but instead comes to an eerie end herself. Mary, a little girl, spends her days in a clay pit leading an imaginary army of hard-muscled men. But when a strange boy invades her headquarters, Mary abandons her soldiers to follow him home. Disturbing, unforgettable and totally unique, Jane Bowles' short stories explore the hidden lives of women that only appear ordinary. With an Introduction by Chris Power
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'Readers who've not yet read Jane Bowles are almost to be envied, like people who've still to read Austen or Mansfield or Woolf' ALI SMITH Seven short stories by the author of TWO SERIOUS LADIES
Readers who've not yet read Jane Bowles are almost to be envied, like people who've still to read Austen or Mansfield or Woolf, and have all the delight, the literary satisfaction, the shock of classic originality, the revelation of such good writing, still to come. - Ali SmithOne of the finest modern writers of fiction in any language. - John AshberryA thoroughly original mind - a mind at once profoundly witty, genuinely unusual in its apprehensions, and bracingly, humanely true. - Claire MessudDeserves to sit next to Mansfield, Rhys and Woolf - Chris Power
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ISBN
9781474620437
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Vendor
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Vekt
106 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
112

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Jane Bowles has long had an underground reputation as one of the truly original writers of the twentieth century. Born in New York City in 1917, she lived in Tangier, Morocco, with her husband, Paul Bowles, from 1952 until her death in 1973. Though she wrote only one novel, one short play, and fewer than a dozen short stories over a roughly twenty-year span from the early 1940s to the mid-1960s, Jane Bowles has long been regarded by critics as one of the premier stylists of her generation.