Jane Bowles
Birth date: February 22, 1917
Died: May 04, 1973
Jane Bowles's Books
Lovely book that's character and dialogue and character driven. Everyone speaks their minds directly. In a sense, if feels like a novelised play. The feel is very William Trevor-like. Here's a good review from The Guardian. From the introduction by Francine du Plessix Gray:: And Mrs Bowles lit...
She was suffering as much as she had ever suffered before, because she was going to do what she wanted to do. But it would not make her happy. She did not have the courage to stop from doing what she wanted to do. She knew that it would not make her happy, because only the dreams of crazy people com...
Did I like this book? Maybe?I couldn't stand reading her yet I couldn't stop. The writing is amazing: her characters are fascinating and repulsive; at times, I felt sympathetic toward them, even when they said or did horrifying things. At times I would say I hated this book, and then rave about it ...
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