{"product_id":"9780872862661","title":"The Terrible Girls","description":"Author: Rebecca Brown\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780872862661\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: City Lights Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Jan 2001\u003cbr\u003ePages: 136 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe girls on the prowl in \u003ci\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/i\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, gracefulif savagegift.\" -Mary Gaitskill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/i\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.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Listener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful account of erotic love which exchanges the comforts of illusion for more complex and less certain rewards.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\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: \u003ci\u003eThe Haunted House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Last Time I Saw You\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnnie Oakley's Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. She was awarded a Genius Award and grant from Seattle's weekly magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919264006302,"sku":"ING-9780872862661","price":28.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780872862661.jpg?v=1782809475","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780872862661","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}