Nightwood
by Djuna Barnes
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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.
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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Nightwood
September 26, 2006, New Directions
Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
0811216713 9780811216715
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Nightwood: the original version and related drafts
1995, Dalkey Archive Press
in English
1564780805 9781564780805
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Nightwood
June 1961, New Directions Publishing Corporation
Paperback
in English
0811200051 9780811200059
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