{"product_id":"the-terrible-girls-paperback","title":"The Terrible Girls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003eIn 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\u003eA 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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca Brown is the author of a dozen books of prose including \u003cem\u003eThe Last Time I Saw You\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe End of Youth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e (City Lights) and \u003cem\u003eThe Gifts of the Body\u003c\/em\u003e (HarperCollins). She recently co-edited, with Mary Jane Knecht, an anthology of writers' responses to work at the Frye Art Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.02 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693850562623,"sku":"9780872862661","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ce9a844e6c205ee72928473a19897339.webp?v=1765000178","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-terrible-girls-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}