{"product_id":"the-terrible-girls-9780872862661","title":"The Terrible Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe girls on the prowl in \u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e are indeed terrible--relentless in love, ruthless in betrayal. These thematically linked stories depict a contemporary Gothic world in which body parts are traded for love, wounds never heal, and self-sacrifice is often the only way out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this brilliantly original work, Rebecca Brown gives us haunting parables of betrayal and love, of loss and resurrection, of loneliness and solidarity. Like a modern Djuna Barnes, Brown creates a language of telling that is fiercely beautiful and honest. This book is a love story unlike any you have read before. Its subversive and passionate transformation carry the lesbian literary voice onto the 21st century.\"--Joan Nestle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A dry, witty, graceful--if savage--gift.\"--Mary Gaitskill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e comes from one of the fiercest, most potent, original writers around: a bloody flayer of skins, both other's and her own . . . a work of possessed and persuasive visionary power.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Listener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful account of erotic love which exchanges the comforts of illusion for more complex and less certain rewards.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca Brown is the winner of the 2003 Washington State Book Award. Her books, which are all published by City Lights, include: \u003cem\u003eThe Haunted House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe End of Youth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The Last Time I Saw You\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAnnie Oakley's Girl\u003c\/em\u003e. She was awarded a Genius Award and grant from Seattle's weekly magazine, \u003cem\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-45127\"\u003eRebecca Brown\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.53w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872862661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0872862666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca Brown is the author of a dozen books of prose including \u003cem\u003eThe Last Time I Saw You\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe End of Youth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e (City Lights) and \u003cem\u003eThe Gifts of the Body\u003c\/em\u003e (HarperCollins). She recently co-edited, with Mary Jane Knecht, an anthology of writers' responses to work at the Frye Art Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44581394350317,"sku":"9780872862661","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_9b5e8ad2-862b-4ade-8924-8cad35f0ac6c.jpg?v=1702089096","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-terrible-girls-9780872862661","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}