A Little Original Sin by Millicent Dillon

A Little Original Sin by Millicent Dillon

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Summary

This is a biography of American writer Jane Bowles. She produced a small collection of work including the novel "Two Serious Ladies", her play "In the Summer House" and a book of stories, all characterized by her elliptical way of seeing things.

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A Little Original Sin by Millicent Dillon

Tennessee Williams called Jane Bowles "the most important writer of prose fiction in modern American letters." John Ashbery said she was "one of the finest modern writers of fiction in any language," consistently producing "the surprise that is the one essential ingredient of great art." Here, available again, is the only biography of this powerful writer.
Millicent Dillon is a novelist and a biographer. She is the author of You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles and other works including The Dance of the Mothers and After Egypt: Isadora Duncan and Mary Cassatt. She lives in San Francisco.
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ISBN 13 9780520211933
ISBN 10 0520211936
Title A Little Original Sin
Author Millicent Dillon
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of California Press
Year published 1998-04-01
Number of pages 476
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.