Paris, Joyce, Paris

by Djuna Barnes, Karin Kersten (Translator), Kyra Stromberg (Contributor)

93 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1988

About the author

Djuna Barnes was an artist, illustrator, journalist, playwright, and poet associated with the early 20th-century Greenwich Village bohemians and the Modernist literary movement.

Barnes has been cited as an influence by writers as diverse as Truman Capote, William Goyen, Isak Dinesen, John Hawkes, and Anaïs Nin. Bertha Harris described her work as "practically the only available expression of lesbian culture we have in the modern western world" since Sappho.

Barnes played an important part in the development of 20th century English language modernist writing and was one of the key figures in 1920s and 30s bohemian Paris after filling a similar role in the Greenwich Village of the teens. Her novel Nightwood became a cult work of modern fiction, helped by an introduction by T. S. Eliot. It stands out today for its portrayal of lesbian themes and its distinctive writing style. Since Barnes's death, interest in her work has grown and many of her books are back in print.

Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Djuna Barnes erster Eindruck von Paris (1922) und ihre Erinnerung an Paris (1941 in New York geschrieben, als Paris von den Deutschen besetzt war), dazwischen ein kurzes Porträt von James Joyce: lebendige und persönliche Schilderungen.

[Musa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Far from cliché and predictability, that's where you'll find Djuna Barnes.