![]() ![]() "With The First Bad Man, Miranda July provides an audaciously original, often hilarious map of the ever-expanding reach of unhinged imagination in America. Lena Dunham, author of Not That Kind of Girl Never has a novel spoken so deeply to my sexuality, my spirituality, my secret self. By the time July tackles motherhood, the book has become a bible. Writing in the first person with the frank, odd lilt of an utterly truthful character, she will make you laugh, cringe and recognize yourself in a woman you never planned to be. ![]() "Miranda July's ability to pervert norms while embracing what makes us normal is astounding. ![]() With it, the esteemed artist and filmmaker joins the front rank of young American novelists-and then surpasses them." "Miranda July's first novel announces something new, not only in its invention, characterization, and pace, but emotional truth. George Saunders, author of Tenth of December If I ever start to doubt the power of language and intelligence, I only have to read a few lines of July to have my faith restored." ![]() Hers is smart, funny, twisted, vulnerable, humane, and reassuring: a dazzling human consciousness speaking frankly and fondly and directly to you. "July's work reminds us that the essential storytelling tool is voice. ![]()
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