{"product_id":"the-terrible-girls-9780872862661","title":"The Terrible Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe girls on the prowl in \u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e are indeed terrible--relentless in love, ruthless in betrayal. These thematically linked stories depict a contemporary Gothic world in which body parts are traded for love, wounds never heal, and self-sacrifice is often the only way out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this brilliantly original work, Rebecca Brown gives us haunting parables of betrayal and love, of loss and resurrection, of loneliness and solidarity. Like a modern Djuna Barnes, Brown creates a language of telling that is fiercely beautiful and honest. This book is a love story unlike any you have read before. Its subversive and passionate transformation carry the lesbian literary voice onto the 21st century.\"--Joan Nestle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A dry, witty, graceful--if savage--gift.\"--Mary Gaitskill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e comes from one of the fiercest, most potent, original writers around: a bloody flayer of skins, both other's and her own . . . a work of possessed and persuasive visionary power.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Listener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful account of erotic love which exchanges the comforts of illusion for more complex and less certain rewards.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca Brown is the winner of the 2003 Washington State Book Award. Her books, which are all published by City Lights, include: \u003cem\u003eThe Haunted House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe End of Youth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The Last Time I Saw You\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAnnie Oakley's Girl\u003c\/em\u003e. She was awarded a Genius Award and grant from Seattle's weekly magazine, \u003cem\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca Brown is the author of a dozen books of prose including \u003cem\u003eThe Last Time I Saw You\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe End of Youth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Terrible Girls\u003c\/em\u003e (City Lights) and \u003cem\u003eThe Gifts of the Body\u003c\/em\u003e (HarperCollins). She recently co-edited, with Mary Jane Knecht, an anthology of writers' responses to work at the Frye Art Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676077326610,"sku":"9780872862661","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_305a7aa5-075f-4d59-9ed6-800747d1fc7f.jpg?v=1761041956","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-terrible-girls-9780872862661","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}