{"product_id":"the-terrible-girls-paperback","title":"The Terrible Girls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe girls on the prowl in \u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e are indeed terrible--relentless in love, ruthless in betrayal. These thematically linked stories depict a contemporary Gothic world in which body parts are traded for love, wounds never heal, and self-sacrifice is often the only way out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this brilliantly original work, Rebecca Brown gives us haunting parables of betrayal and love, of loss and resurrection, of loneliness and solidarity. Like a modern Djuna Barnes, Brown creates a language of telling that is fiercely beautiful and honest. This book is a love story unlike any you have read before. Its subversive and passionate transformation carry the lesbian literary voice onto the 21st century.\"--Joan Nestle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A dry, witty, graceful--if savage--gift.\"--Mary Gaitskill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e comes from one of the fiercest, most potent, original writers around: a bloody flayer of skins, both other's and her own . . . a work of possessed and persuasive visionary power.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Listener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful account of erotic love which exchanges the comforts of illusion for more complex and less certain rewards.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca Brown is the winner of the 2003 Washington State Book Award. Her books, which are all published by City Lights, include: \u003cem\u003eThe Haunted House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe End of Youth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The Last Time I Saw You\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAnnie Oakley's Girl\u003c\/em\u003e. She was awarded a Genius Award and grant from Seattle's weekly magazine, \u003cem\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51438188658911,"sku":"9780872862661","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ycKI1pvH0d9780872862661.webp?v=1790093043","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-terrible-girls-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}