All Fours by Miranda July
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK A BEST SUMMER READING PICK FOR THE TIMES, DAILY MAIL, FINANCIAL TIMES AND GUARDIAN A 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR BBC R4 OPEN BOOK, THE OBSERVER, THE GUARDIAN, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW YORKER, GQ, GRAZIA, HERO, i-D, NYLON, VULTURE, READINGS AND KIRKUS REVIEWS A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey. Miranda July's second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July's wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman's quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic and domestic life of a 45-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectations while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly, profoundly alive.
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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