false <![CDATA[Nightwood]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170399336m/53101.jpg 53101 21 <i>Nightwood</i> is not only a classic of lesbian literature, but was also acknowledged by no less than T. S. Eliot as one of the great novels of the 20th century. Eliot admired Djuna Barnes' rich, evocative language. Lesbian readers will admire the exquisite craftsmanship and Barnes' penetrating insights into obsessive passion. Barnes told a friend that <i>Nightwood</i> was written with her own blood "while it was still running." That flowing wound was the breakup of an eight-year relationship with the lesbian love of her life. 828739 1937 Nightwood total:1023|5:325|4:334|3:226|2:93|1:45| 1023 3870 1618 142 4 3 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 02:50:45 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 12:57:10 -0700 2009 Nightwood, that it was "so good a novel that only sensibilities trained on poetry can wholly appreciate it". It's really more like a poetic dream than it is a novel. This isn't really because there is no narrative to be found, there is, and what's more, there is a cle...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 01:05:24 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 01:21:01 -0700 2009 never happens to me.

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Nov. 14, 1972

Dear Dallas,

Here is the best book I have ever read.

I hope your writing goes well.

It's been good knowing you.

Love,

Polly

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