{"product_id":"ladies-almanack-9781628975581","title":"Ladies Almanack","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"striking lesbian manifesto and a deft parody\" by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eNightwood. \u003c\/i\u003e(-\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNearly 100 years after its original 1928 publication\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003esent shockwaves through the literary scene, \u003ci\u003eLadies Almanack \u003c\/i\u003ereigns as a brilliant modernist composition and one of the most audacious lesbian texts of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. At once a scathing social satire and a love letter to the wealthy expatriates of Paris high society, the book delights in its cast of characters, who are clear analogues to Barnes' lesbian literary contemporaries--and the book's first readers. Arranged by month and written in a pastiche of Restoration literature, \u003ci\u003eLadies Almanack\u003c\/i\u003e records the life and lovers of Dame Evangeline Musset, a pseudonymous stand-in for Natalie Clifford Barney. Accompanied for the first time by Barnes' original Elizabethan-style woodcut illustrations, this new edition also features a sharp, impassioned introduction by Sarah Schulman reflecting on the ways in which lesbian lives have changed--and haven't--since the 1920s. After decades out of print, Dalkey Archive is proud to revive the \u003ci\u003eLadies Almanack\u003c\/i\u003e for contemporary readers: a classic that delivers all the salacious drama of \u003ci\u003eThe L Word \u003c\/i\u003ewith the literary wit and wordplay of Shakespeare.","brand":"Djuna Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52152113070363,"sku":"9781628975581","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/8392\/2459\/files\/img_34aa9494-4e76-4041-aef8-a3d6699033e8.jpg?v=1777744738","url":"https:\/\/sapphicsociety.com\/products\/ladies-almanack-9781628975581","provider":"Sapphic Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}