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A Little Original Sin: The Life and Work of Jane Bowles
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by Millicent Dillon

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Available again after a lengthy absence is the only biography of Jane Bowles, the powerful writer whom Tennessee Williams called, "the most important writer of prose fiction in modern American letters". 26 photos.

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Tennessee Williams called Jane Bowles "the most important writer of prose fiction in modern American letters." John Ashbery said she was "one of the finest modern writers of fiction in any language," consistently producing "the surprise that is the one essential ingredient of great art." Here, available again, is the only biography of this powerful writer.

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  • Title A Little Original Sin: The Life and Work of Jane Bowles
  • Author Millicent Dillon
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Softcover
  • Pages 476
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
  • Publication date 1998-04-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780520211933 / 0520211936
  • Weight 1.37 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.97 x 6.02 x 1.02 in (22.78 x 15.29 x 2.59 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 20th century - Biography, Bowles, Jane Auer
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97033074
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Publishers Weekly, 03/16/1998, Page 45

About the author

Millicent Dillon is a novelist and a biographer. She is the author of You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles and other works including The Dance of the Mothers and After Egypt: Isadora Duncan and Mary Cassatt. She lives in San Francisco.

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