{"product_id":"two-serious-ladies-9781474620406","title":"Two Serious Ladies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''My favourite book. I can''t think of a modern novel that seems more likely to become a classic'' \u003cb\u003eTennessee Williams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The book I give as a gift . . . It feels like giving someone an exotic fruit'' \u003cb\u003eSheila Heti\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003eA modern legend . . . A very funny writer'' \u003cb\u003eTruman Capote\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Profoundly witty, genuinely unusual in its apprehensions, and bracingly, humanely true'' \u003cb\u003eClaire Messud\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eI am going on a trip. Wait until I tell you about it. it''s terrible.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiss Goering, an eccentric, impulsive New York heiress, resides in her house and tries not to be unhappy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMrs Copperfield, an anxious, dutiful married woman, has a great fear of drowning, of lifts, of intruders in the night. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo serious ladies, nothing is natural for them and anything is possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Mrs Copperfield - a trip to Panama, where she abandons her husband for love of a local prostitute. For Miss Goering - a move to a squalid little house on \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book I give as a gift is the novel TWO SERIOUS LADIES by Jane Bowles. Her sentences are so surprising, \u003cb\u003ethe plot is like something from a dream, and her mind is deeply unfathomable, precise, funny, earnest and otherworldly\u003c\/b\u003e. It feels like giving someone an exotic fruit. * Sheila Heti, author of MOTHERHOOD *\u003cbr\u003eReaders who've not yet read Jane Bowles are almost to be envied, like people who've still to read Austen or Mansfield or Woolf, and have all the delight, the literary satisfaction, the shock of classic originality, the revelation of such good writing, still to come. * Ali Smith *\u003cbr\u003eA modern legend ... A very funny writer ... with at [her] heart the subtlest comprehension of eccentricity and human apartness. * Truman Capote *\u003cbr\u003eMy favourite book. \u003cb\u003eI can't think of a modern novel that seems more likely to become a classic\u003c\/b\u003e. * Tennessee Williams *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the finest modern writers of fiction in any language. * John Ashberry *\u003cbr\u003eA landmark in 20th century American literature. * Alan Sillitoe *\u003cbr\u003eWith TWO SERIOUS LADIES, Bowles joined the small company of women modernists who celebrated their freakishness in the highest style. * Lorna Sage *\u003cbr\u003eA thoroughly original mind - a mind at once \u003cb\u003eprofoundly witty, genuinely unusual in its apprehensions, and bracingly, humanely true\u003c\/b\u003e. * Claire Messud *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739616915799,"sku":"9781474620406","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474620406.jpg?v=1720052745","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/two-serious-ladies-9781474620406","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}