01296nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100080008308200210009110000160011224500230012826000400015130000250019136500560021652007510027265000290102365000200105265000180107220260124092429.0230522b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781474620406  cAL  aeng  223a813.52bBOWT  aJane Bowles  aTwo serious ladies  aGreat BritainbWen Essentialsc2021  axi,249pbPBc20x13cm  2Englisha1170b480.00c₹d599.00e20%f17-05-2023  aTwo Serious Ladies is the only novel by avant-garde literary star and wife of legendary writer Paul Bowles—a modernist cult-classic, mysterious, profound, anarchic, and funny, that follows two upper-class women as they descend into debauchery—updated with an introduction by Claire Messud, bestselling author of The Emperor's Children and The Woman Upstairs.
Two serious ladies who want to live outside of themselves, Christina Goering and Frieda Copperfield embark on separate quests of salvation. Mrs. Copperfield visits Panama with her husband, where she finds solace among the women who live and work in its brothels. Miss Goering becomes involved with various men. At the end the two women meet again, each transformed by her experience.  aAmerican English Fiction  aEnglish Fiction  aEnglish Novel