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My Sister's Hand in Mine: The Collected Works of Jane Bowles [Paperback]

Jane Bowles (Author)
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"For years, I've heard about Jane Bowles, what a good writer she is, and now it is no longer necessary to wonder about her, for all her works are again in print, in a think, handsome volume which includes her novel, Two Serious Ladies, her play, In the Summer House, plus ten short stories and three passages from her notebooks."--Anatole Broyard

"It is hope that she will be recognized for what she is: one of the finest modern writers of fiction in any language . . . No other contemporary writer can consistently produce surprise of this quality, the surprise that is the one essential ingredient of great art. Jane Bowles deals almost exclusively in this rare commodity."--John Ashbery, The New York Times Book Review

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Janes Bowles has for many years had an underground reputation as one of the truly original writers of the twentieth century. This collection of expertly crafted short fiction will fully acquaint all students and scholars with the author Tennessee Williams called "the most important writer of prose fiction in modern American letters."
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5.0 out of 5 stars You'll Want More, April 25 2004
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Megan A. Burns "meganaburns" (new orleans, louisiana United States) - See all my reviews
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The only bad thing about this collection is that Bowles' collected work is so limited. The writing is experimental, intriguing and engaging. Her language is so fresh. The different genres show her reach as an artist. You only wish that she had been more prolific. She will be read for years to come.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best., May 16 2002
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If you've not read Jane Bowles, stop what you're doing and buy this book now. Everything in it will enrich you. Every sentence is an object of pleasure, every character a shrewdly observed or constructed being. Along with Jean Rhys, Bowles is one of the most important writers of the last century.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Read a future classic now., Nov 4 1999
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This review is from: My Sister's Hand in Mine: The Collected Works of Jane Bowles (Paperback)
While the entire collection is notable, I have to say that "Two Serious Women" seems to me to be the real masterpiece here. I read it ten or so years ago for the first time and liked it but found it rather dark. I re-read it a few years ago and liked it much more than I had the first time, finding it hillarious, albeit darkly. I was happily surprised all over again by the unpredictable behavior of the characters. Unlike many novels, this one is almost immediately engaging, with its portrait of the young Christina Goering's religion-obsessed childhood games. Jane Bowles is often lumped in with her husband; but her writing, though less voluminous, is more unique, more inventive. This is writing well worth repeated reading.
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