Nightwood
First published 1936
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"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.
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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.
Source: Open Library
Book information
- Author
- Djuna Barnes
- First published
- 1936
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Language
- SPA
- ISBN-13
- 9780571056644