Ladies Almanack

A "striking lesbian manifesto and a deft parody" by the acclaimed author of Nightwood. (—Library Journal)Nearly 100 years after its original 1928 publication sent shockwaves through the literary s ...

A "striking lesbian manifesto and a deft parody" by the acclaimed author of Nightwood. (—Library Journal)Nearly 100 years after its original 1928 publication sent shockwaves through the literary scene, Ladies Almanack reigns as a brilliant modernist composition and one of the most audacious lesbian texts of the 20th 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 writte