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Liars

By Sarah Manguso

Liars Contemporary literature

Liars

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A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars of us all. 'An unflinchingly true and honest depiction of a marriage turning from gold to dust ' - Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace 'A white-hot dissection of the power imbalances in a marriage, and as gripping as you want fiction to be.' - Nick Hornby, author of High Fidelity A nuclear family can destroy a woman artist. I'd always known that. But I'd never suspected how easily I'd fall into one anyway. When Jane, an aspiring writer, meets filmmaker John Bridges, they both want the same things: to be in love, to live a successful, creative life, and to be happy. When they marry, Jane believes she has found everything she was looking for, including - a few years later - all the attendant joys and labors of motherhood. But it's not long until Jane finds herself subsumed by John's ambitions, whims, and ego; in short, she becomes a wife. As Jane's career flourishes, their marriage starts to falter. Throughout the upheavals of family life, Jane tries to hold it all together. That is, until John leaves her. Sarah Manguso's Liars is a tour de force of wit and rage, telling the blistering story of a marriage as it burns to the ground, and of a woman rising inexorably from its ashes. 'Painful and brilliant - I loved it' - Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot and Either/Or
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
255
Release Date:
2024-08-22
Publication Date:
2024-08-22
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529062764
ISBN13:
9781529062762
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
336 g
Height:
133 cm
Width:
202 cm
Thickness:
29 cm
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