Nightwood By Djuna Barnes

Nightwood djuna barnes strange and sinuous tour de force belongs to that small class of books that somehow reflect a time or an epoch times literary supplement.

Nightwood by djuna barnes. 1 75 of five the publisher says. That time is the period between the two world wars and barnes novel unfolds in the decadent shadows of europe s great cities. Nightwood is a 1936 novel by djuna barnes that was first published in london by faber and faber it is one of the early prominent novels to portray explicit homosexuality between women and as such can be considered lesbian literature. It is also notable for its intense gothic prose style.

This experimental novel explores the lives and loves of five eccentric and extraordinary people and. In 1913 barnes began her career as a freelance journalist and illustrator for the brooklyn daily eagle. Djuna barnes ˈ dʒ uː n ɑː june 12 1892 june 18 1982 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. The novel employs modernist techniques such as its unusual form or narrative and can be considered.

Nightwood is the best known novel by djuna barnes american born expat who spent much of her life among the lesbian circles in 1930s paris published in 1936 it has long been considered her literary masterpiece and is still regarded as one of the most influential works of modernist fiction.