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Nightwood

Djuna Barnes

1995169 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1995
first published
  • 1995Dalkey Archive Press · 319 pages · ENGISBN 9781564780805
  • 2000Modern Library · 169 pages · ENGISBN 9780679640240
  • 2007Faber & Faber, Limited · 192 pages · ENGISBN 9780571235285
  • 2022LaBreu Edicions · 190 pagesISBN 9788412457582
  • 2008Edicions 62 · 208 pagesISBN 9788429761054
  • 2022Seix Barral · 232 pagesISBN 9788432239502
  • 2018Sel Yayincilik · 174 pagesISBN 9789755709055
  • 2006New Directions · 208 pages · ENGISBN 9780811216715

"At Nightwood's center are the love affairs of Robin Vote - a character based on Barnes's lover, Thelma Wood. Robin marries Felix Volkbein, an eccentric aristocrat, whom she meets in Paris, and whom she abandons years later for the American Nora Flood. But Nora cannot contain Robin, either, and Robin in turn deserts her for the larcenous Jenny Petherbridge. Rich in irony and symbolism, Nightwood depicts the all-consuming power of erotic obsession in language that twists and turns, drawing the reader into a labyrinth of meaning and revelation. This edition also includes T. S. Eliot's Introduction to the 1937 American edition."--BOOK JACKET.

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