Djuna Barnes

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...

Los cuentos de juventud de Djuna Barnes dibujan un mapa hacia la madurez de esta escritora que, con el paso del tiempo, ha sido reconocida como miembro de pleno derecho de la "generación perdida" y admirada por autores como James Joyce, Dylan Thomas o arson McCullers. Estos relatos, publicados en las principales revistas y periódicos neoyorquinos de principios del siglo xx, permiten conocer la bohemia, el origen de la obra de Barnes y entender...

Djuna Barnes was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel Nightwood (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist literature.In 1921, a lucrative commission with McCall's took Barnes to Paris, where she lived for the next 10 years. In this period she published A Book (1923), a collection of poetry, plays, and short stories, which was later reissued.

A selection of work by the American writer Djuna Barnes. It consists of her novel "Nightwood" (©1937), a collection of short stories entitled "Spillway" (©1950), and a verse play, "The Antiphon" (©1958)