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Modern Love
Overview
Constance DeJong's debut novel, back in print
"People used to tell me, if you keep on writing maybe you'll make a name for yourself," New York-based artist and writer Constance DeJong (born 1950) wrote in Modern Love. "They were right: My name's Constance DeJong. My name's Fifi Corday. My name's Lady Mirabelle, Monsieur Le Prince, and Roderigo. Roderigo's my favorite name. First I had my father's name, then my husband's, then another's. I don't know. I don't want to know the cause of anything." Modern Love, DeJong's first book, was published in 1977 by Standard Editions, an imprint co-founded by DeJong and Dorothea Tanning. In 1978, the text was adapted into a 60-minute radio program accompanied by the "Modern Love Waltz," a piano composition by Philip Glass. In this new edition, DeJong's debut novel is brought back into print, her dissonant shifts of voice and inimitable staccato rhythm made available to a new generation of readers.Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780991558520
- ISBN-10: 0991558529
- Publisher: Primary Information
- Publish Date: May 2017
- Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.7 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.5 pounds
- Page Count: 224
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