{"title":"Djuna Barnes","description":"Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) was born on Storm King Mountain in New York State. She worked as a journalist during World War I before leaving the United States to spend the inter-war years in Paris and London among the most celebrated writers and artists of the twentieth century. She returned to New York in 1941 and lived in Greenwich Village until her death. She published three novels as well as short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, skits, and a three-act play between 1914 and 1950.","products":[{"product_id":"ladies-almanack-paperback","title":"Ladies Almanack - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"striking lesbian manifesto and a deft parody\" by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eNightwood. \u003c\/i\u003e(-\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNearly 100 years after its original 1928 publication\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003esent shockwaves through the literary scene, \u003ci\u003eLadies Almanack \u003c\/i\u003ereigns as a brilliant modernist composition and one of the most audacious lesbian texts of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. At once a scathing social satire and a love letter to the wealthy expatriates of Paris high society, the book delights in its cast of characters, who are clear analogues to Barnes' lesbian literary contemporaries--and the book's first readers.Arranged by month and written in a pastiche of Restoration literature, \u003ci\u003eLadies Almanack\u003c\/i\u003e records the life and lovers of Dame Evangeline Musset, a pseudonymous stand-in for Natalie Clifford Barney. Accompanied for the first time by Barnes' original Elizabethan-style woodcut illustrations, this new edition also features a sharp, impassioned introduction by Sarah Schulman reflecting on the ways in which lesbian lives have changed--and haven't--since the 1920s. After decades out of print, Dalkey Archive is proud to revive the \u003ci\u003eLadies Almanack\u003c\/i\u003e for contemporary readers: a classic that delivers all the salacious drama of \u003ci\u003eThe L Word \u003c\/i\u003ewith the literary wit and wordplay of Shakespeare.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101198520543,"sku":"9781628975581","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/dSQNDrRU0x9781628975581.webp?v=1781068452"},{"product_id":"ladies-almanack-paperback-1","title":"Ladies Almanack - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work is a novel in which real persons or actual events figure under disguise. Its subject is the predominantly lesbian social circle centering on Natalie Clifford Barney's salon in Paris in the 1920s. The language, inside jokes and ambiguity of the work have kept critics arguing about whether it is an affectionate satire or a bitter attack, but Barney herself loved the book and re-read it throughout her life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101569159391,"sku":"9781773239620","price":8.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ZExlc2pVK3JVRzZHbXNlMGdFdEdvQT09.webp?v=1781071740"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/djuna-barnes.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}