Two Girls, Fat and Thin (SIGNED)

Gaitskill, Mary

ISBN 10: 0553550047 / ISBN 13: 9780553550047

Published by Bantam Dell Pub Group, New York, 1992

About this Item

1st Bantam Edition paperback. SIGNED by author on half-title page (signature only). Faint bump on top corner else fine unread copy.

Seller Inventory # 014512

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Two Girls, Fat and Thin (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, New York
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553550047
• ISBN 13: 9780553550047
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine+
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

Reissued to coincide with the paperback publication of "Because They Wanted To" this captivating novel shimmers with dark intensity and wicked wit. In a stunning synthesis of eroticism, rage, pathos, and humor, Gaitskill's "fine storyteller's pace and brilliant metaphors" ("The New York Times Book Review") create a haunting and unforgettable journey into the dark side of contemporary life and the deepest recesses of the soul National print ads & publicity. .

From Publishers Weekly

This impressive but uneven novel by the author of the praised short fiction collection Bad Behavior makes promises it does not keep. Two women, totally unalike in background, personality and social class, are brought together by a shared fascination with the philosophical movement founded by the late Anna Granite (read Ayn Rand). Justine is a chic journalist who wants to write an article about the followers of Granite's philosophy, Definitism. Dorothy is an obese, nocturnal word processor who answers Justine's advertisement in Manhattan Thing and offers to be interviewed about her involvement with the Definitists. As the two women come to know each other, their dismal life experiences gradually emerge, and their present circumstances are seen as a repetition of past connections and betrayals. This is a hard, edgy book, and Gaitskill's energy and flashy intelligence notwithstanding, the perhaps deliberate lack of polish ultimately detracts. The novel's raw, unsparing view is like that of certain contemporary paintings, and there are extraordinary moments of deeply examined female sexuality where Gaitskill is at her most original. But an underdeveloped and fragmented style has not served her well with the narrative and structural demands here. Thus this distinctive novel falls short of its potential. Major ad/promo; author tour.
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