Nightwood

Nightwood

Djuna Barnes2006

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Molly M@molsmcq
4 stars
May 1, 2024

this was unholy

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Illyah E. Nilych@illeeahh

“Is not the gown the natural raiment of extremity? What nation, what religion, what ghost, what dream, has not worn it- infants, angels, priests, the dead; why should not the doctor, in the grave dilemma of his alchemy, wear his dress?”

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Is@norriei
4 stars
Jun 5, 2022

“Once I was remorseless, but this is another love- it goes everywhere, there is no place for it to stop - it rots me away. “ Such a strange and feverish book, dragging you headfirst through the tangle of the oddities of desire and love. Even if we love someone fully, and dangerously to the point of it consuming us, we may never truly know them and own them in turn as that love owns us.

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Akanksha Chattopadhyay@akanksha_chattopadhyay
4 stars
Oct 31, 2021

this: https://www.theguardian.com/books/200...

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Nikki Sojkowski@loveat1stwrite
3 stars
Oct 14, 2021

This was like a surrealist film on paper. It was such a weird experience and I lost so many trains of thought. Very dream-like in the vague confusing way. Pages and pages of dramatic monologues that take up only minutes plot-wise and then fast snaps jumping years into the future in a sentence.

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Brook@brook
1 star
Jun 9, 2021

I loathed this book. The extremely long speeches by Matthew were right up there with the lack of plot, any likable characters, or real point. I had to read this for a book club or I would have thrown it into the garbage. I had heard good things, and I was horribly disappointed. Ugh. At least it's done.

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erin alise @thehollowvalley
4 stars
Feb 14, 2022
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Lina.@murmuration
5 stars
Jun 8, 2024
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Sarah Sammis@pussreboots
4 stars
Apr 4, 2024
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Karolina Klermon-Williams@ofloveandart
3 stars
Jan 14, 2024
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savannah eden@savbrads
4 stars
Jan 8, 2024
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eva@ewvab
3 stars
Jan 7, 2024
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vive@vive
5 stars
Jan 4, 2024
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Joshua Line@fictionjunky
3 stars
Dec 22, 2023
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Ash(ley) Michelle C.@c_ash_m
4 stars
Dec 14, 2023
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Bi@mytileneve
4 stars
Jun 28, 2023
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Jazelle H@battyaboutbooks
3 stars
Jun 9, 2023
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Jordan Peet@jayy_payyy
4 stars
Jan 22, 2023
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Infamous Millimetre@infamous_millimitre
3 stars
Dec 5, 2022
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Jeremy Boyd@jboydsplit
5 stars
Mar 4, 2022
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Amy Maddess@amymaddess
4 stars
Feb 2, 2022
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Elliot Baker@elliotbaker
5 stars
Jan 5, 2022
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Moray Lyle McIntosh@bookish_arcadia
4 stars
Dec 5, 2021
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Marriel Andaya@rielreads
4 stars
Nov 20, 2021