'You see that Anna led an arduous and troubled life... Her face was worn, her cheeks were thin, her mouth drawn and firm, and her light blue eyes were very bright. Sometimes they were full of lightning and sometimes full of humour, but they were always sharp and clear.' Under the grey, industrial skies of Bridgepoint (modelled on Baltimore), three women - Anna, Melanctha and Lena - live, work and love. Painting a powerful portrait of women trapped in drudgery, Stein's Three Lives is a ground-breaking portrayal of abuse and ...
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'You see that Anna led an arduous and troubled life... Her face was worn, her cheeks were thin, her mouth drawn and firm, and her light blue eyes were very bright. Sometimes they were full of lightning and sometimes full of humour, but they were always sharp and clear.' Under the grey, industrial skies of Bridgepoint (modelled on Baltimore), three women - Anna, Melanctha and Lena - live, work and love. Painting a powerful portrait of women trapped in drudgery, Stein's Three Lives is a ground-breaking portrayal of abuse and non-heteronormative sexuality, and is a searing indictment of the struggles of the working class in turn-of-the-century America. An astonishing work that toys with style and conventions, Three Lives stands as a monument in Modernism and experimental literature, and comes from the pen of a writer whose intelligence and understanding bleeds from every page.
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Add this copy of Three Lives to cart. $595.00, good condition, Sold by Bronze Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victorville, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1933 by Modern Library.
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Good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. The Modern Library, New York, New York USA, 1933. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 8vo-over 7_"-9_. First Modern Library edition in flexible cloth binding. The book displays discoloration, particularly along the spine. There is wear at the head and foot of the sun faded spine, and slightly less at the corners. Cover lightly seperated at inside at spine. 279 pp. Signed by the author on half-title page. Signed by author.
Add this copy of Three Lives to cart. $645.00, good condition, Sold by Bronze Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victorville, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1933 by Modern Library.
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Good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Modern Library New York 1933, 1933. Her first book, later edition. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: Faded at spine, which is slightly rolled, cover beginning to seperate from spine else very good. Signed and inscribed by Gertrude Stein.