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.
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571352470Number of pages: 48Weight: 40 gDimensions: 160 x 111 x 3 mmEdition: Main
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