{"product_id":"9780571352470-lydia-steptoe-stories","title":"The Lydia Steptoe Stories","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFaber Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I have quite changed my mind. I am going to run away and become a boy.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these three stories, written by Djuna Barnes under the pseudonym Lydia Steptoe, three characters find themselves on the brink of a sexual awakening - accompanied by guns, whips, and worldly innuendo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fourteen-year-old girl plans to become 'a virago', until her mother intercepts her first tryst by dressing up as her male lover. A boy of the same age is lured into the forest by his father's mistress. A woman of forty falls in love and longs to kill herself, so unbearable is the return of the youth she thought she wanted. 'Alice', she tells herself, 'be a man.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarnes makes gender and desire seem slippery and joyful - and makes the fictional Lydia Steptoe seem like a writer for our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30323891044449,"sku":"9780571352470","price":5.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40029047_e7a68011-b8b3-43a8-b363-8b8b916c11d9.jpg?v=1771484347","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571352470-lydia-steptoe-stories","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}