All Fours by Miranda July
The New York Times bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and literary novel about a woman upending her life
It's very funny, quite dirty, and deeply profound, with a fragile magic that comes from entering an uncensored inner worldThere is the added thrill as well, of July suggesting that midlife, and menopause in particular, might be kind of . . . hot * * Observer * *
Essential . . . A book of vast scope, taking in men and women, the mind and the body, and society and solitude * * Guardian * *
July comes into her own [and] brings a new perspective . . . A menopause novel that's never boring * * Sunday Times * *
Voyeuristic and exploratory . . . Miranda July compels us with her provocations * * Times Literary Supplement * *
A fresh, oestrogen-fuelled take on the midlife crisis, but the prose is smart, sharp and deliciously readable. It's sexy, it's funny, but it's also warm and tender in the best ways * * Prospect Magazine * *
A witty, raw tale about freedom and reinvention * * i * *
A guidebook to female liberation * * Telegraph * *
Savvy introspection and bawdy comedy collide with exhilarating results * * Mail on Sunday * *
In All Fours . . . July challenges the binary of marriage and explores sexuality in perimenopause . . . She captures the agony and ecstasy of texting a romantic interest, and of being engulfed by desire * * Financial Times * *
Bawdy and frank . . . This is not a novel for the faint-hearted or the easily embarrassed * * Listener * *
Essential . . . A book of vast scope, taking in men and women, the mind and the body, and society and solitude * * Guardian * *
July comes into her own [and] brings a new perspective . . . A menopause novel that's never boring * * Sunday Times * *
Voyeuristic and exploratory . . . Miranda July compels us with her provocations * * Times Literary Supplement * *
A fresh, oestrogen-fuelled take on the midlife crisis, but the prose is smart, sharp and deliciously readable. It's sexy, it's funny, but it's also warm and tender in the best ways * * Prospect Magazine * *
A witty, raw tale about freedom and reinvention * * i * *
A guidebook to female liberation * * Telegraph * *
Savvy introspection and bawdy comedy collide with exhilarating results * * Mail on Sunday * *
In All Fours . . . July challenges the binary of marriage and explores sexuality in perimenopause . . . She captures the agony and ecstasy of texting a romantic interest, and of being engulfed by desire * * Financial Times * *
Bawdy and frank . . . This is not a novel for the faint-hearted or the easily embarrassed * * Listener * *
Miranda July is a writer, filmmaker and artist. Her debut novel, The First Bad Man, was an instant New York Times bestseller, and her collection of stories, No One Belongs Here More Than You, won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Her writing has appeared in the Paris Review, Harper's and the New Yorker. July lives in Los Angeles.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781838853440 |
| ISBN 10 | 1838853448 |
| Title | All Fours |
| Author | Miranda July |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2024-05-16 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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