{"product_id":"2026200007041-secondhand-the-formidable-miss-barnes-the-life-of-djuna-barnes","title":"The Formidable Miss Barnes: The Life Of Djuna Barnes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage - tears along folds of jacket. . Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Firm and intact. No stickers or labels visible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA richly detailed literary biography, The Formidable Miss Barnes chronicles the extraordinary life of Djuna Barnes, one of the most singular and unconventional voices of twentieth-century modernist literature. Andrew Field presents a vivid portrait of Barnes — journalist, illustrator, playwright, and author of the cult classic Nightwood — tracing her bohemian existence across the salons of Greenwich Village and the expatriate circles of 1920s Paris. With the authority of exhaustive research and personal interviews, Field reconstructs a life defined by fierce independence, creative brilliance, and long decades of self-imposed reclusion in a tiny Greenwich Village apartment. The biography illuminates Barnes's complex relationships with figures such as Natalie Barney, T.S. Eliot, and James Joyce, situating her legacy firmly within the canon of modernist achievement. Authoritative yet deeply human, this account restores one of literature's most formidable and long-neglected figures to her rightful place in history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48888029446363,"sku":"2026200007041-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/279c7305-e64c-49f0-9142-bb6e0dce7a8c.png?v=1781753281","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200007041-secondhand-the-formidable-miss-barnes-the-life-of-djuna-barnes","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}