{"product_id":"ladies-almanack","title":"Ladies Almanack","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"striking lesbian manifesto and a deft parody\" by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eNightwood. \u003c\/i\u003e(—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNearly 100 years after its original 1928 publication\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003esent shockwaves through the literary scene, \u003ci\u003eLadies Almanack \u003c\/i\u003ereigns as a brilliant modernist composition and one of the most audacious lesbian texts of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. At once a scathing social satire and a love letter to the wealthy expatriates of Paris high society, the book delights in its cast of characters, who are clear analogues to Barnes’ lesbian literary contemporaries—and the book’s first readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eArranged by month and written in a pastiche of Restoration literature, \u003ci\u003eLadies Almanack\u003c\/i\u003e records the life and lovers of Dame Evangeline Musset, a pseudonymous stand-in for Natalie Clifford Barney. Accompanied for the first time by Barnes’ original Elizabethan-style woodcut illustrations, this new edition also features a sharp, impassioned introduction by Sarah Schulman reflecting on the ways in which lesbian lives have changed—and haven’t—since the 1920s. After decades out of print, Dalkey Archive is proud to revive the \u003ci\u003eLadies Almanack\u003c\/i\u003e for contemporary readers: a classic that delivers all the salacious drama of \u003ci\u003eThe L Word \u003c\/i\u003ewith the literary wit and wordplay of Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Djuna Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":51427354902744,"sku":"9781628975581","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2770\/5320\/files\/cover-9781628975581.jpg?v=1772208722","url":"https:\/\/destiil.com\/products\/ladies-almanack","provider":"De Stiil Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}