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The Lydia Steptoe Stories

By Djuna Barnes

The Lydia Steptoe Stories Essays & Short Stories

The Lydia Steptoe Stories

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Description
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. 'I have quite changed my mind. I am going to run away and become a boy.' In these three stories, written by Djuna Barnes under the pseudonym Lydia Steptoe, three characters find themselves on the brink of a sexual awakening - accompanied by guns, whips, and worldly innuendo. A fourteen-year-old girl plans to become 'a virago', until her mother intercepts her first tryst by dressing up as her male lover. A boy of the same age is lured into the forest by his father's mistress. A woman of forty falls in love and longs to kill herself, so unbearable is the return of the youth she thought she wanted. 'Alice', she tells herself, 'be a man.' Barnes makes gender and desire seem slippery and joyful - and makes the fictional Lydia Steptoe seem like a writer for our time. Bringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
48
Release Date:
2019-01-03
Publication Date:
2019-01-03
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0571352472
ISBN13:
9780571352470
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
42 g
Height:
113 cm
Width:
160 cm
Thickness:
7 cm
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