Djuna

Nightwood, Djuna Barnes's strange and sinuous tour de force novel unfolds in the decadent shadows of Europe's great cities, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna-a world in which the boundaries of class, religion, and sexuality are bold but surprisingly porous. The outsized characters who inhabit this world are some of the most memorable in all of fiction-there is Guido Volkbein, the Wandering Jew and son of a self-proclaimed baron; Robin Vote, the American expatriate...

Djuna Barnes, a pesar de ser admirada por autores de la talla de James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Carson McCullers o Anaïs Nin, cayó en el olvido al ser opacada por los hombres de su generación, "la generación perdida". Sin embargo, el paso del tiempo ha puesto de manifiesto no solo su imprescindible contribución a la literatura modernista, sino también al feminismo, la sexualidad y la moralidad de un país cambiante que Barnes tuvo que dejar atrás...

Much beloved and fan favorite Dot Baverstock is back in this fourth installment of The Em Suite-but not in a way you'd ever expect.Dot and her son Waverly have a deep, dark secret they've been keeping for years. When Dot suffers a traumatic fall, they make a difficult and daring decision to expose themselves to their extended family.Waverly has orders to report for Air National Guard duty which would leave Dot, seriously injured, on her own or in...

Alice Hollywell, the young spitfire from Hollywood and her best friend, the poor little rich girl Em Martín from nearby Bel Air, CA, are stationed on a remote military base in West Texas in the mid-1970's. Worldly Alice "Hollywood" Hollywell is notorious for changing "teams" without notice. Em is shy and seemingly sheltered and has a secret. Despite their differences, their friendship blossoms into something they never imagined. The arrest of their...

All is well with Em Martín and her alternative family circle. In fact, things couldn't be better. She and her partner are back at home in Bel Air, CA after helping Dot Baverstock get back on her feet in Palm Springs, and have fully embraced their new roles. Em is happy and beyond content, feeling lucky she's found "the one." Life is really good. Until... it's not. As if on cue, Eve Magnussen's past, one she's kept buried for two decades, has suddenly...

This modernist, experimental, and controversial novel examines gender politics in the lives of an American family.   Lesbian poet, journalist, and illustrator Djuna Barnes's debut novel was a sensation when it was originally published in 1928. A bawdy parody of patriarchal repression, the book was heavily censored upon its release in America. An exploration of sexuality that is thought to be based on Barnes's own life, the novel depicts a family...