Ingenting roar Coco Chanel efter midnatt: Reportage

by Djuna Barnes, Meta Ottosson (Översättare), Stig Hansén (Urval, Förord)

Genres: Nonfiction

249 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

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

[Daniel Sandin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Blicken för det annorlunda att rapportera om. Formuleringskonsten! ”Hans formuleringar var nästan poetiska i sin utarmning, nästan subtila i sin vanskapthet” från besöket hos IWW ex.vis. Hennes stilrena illustrationer förgyller också denna samling. Hennes texter får mig också att tänka på Joseph Mitchell.