All Fours
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- 15 uur lezen
Miranda July bezit een opmerkelijk talent om intieme menselijke ervaringen te verweven met onverwachte, zelfs surrealistische elementen. Haar werk, dat schrijven, film en performance omvat, duikt vaak in thema's als eenzaamheid, verbinding en de zoektocht naar betekenis in de hedendaagse wereld. Met een scherp oog voor detail en een onconventionele verhalende aanpak trekt ze lezers en kijkers naar werelden die tegelijkertijd verontrustend bekend en wonderlijk vreemd zijn. Haar stijl kenmerkt zich door rauwe eerlijkheid en een speelse omgang met vorm.






Boss By: L.D. Miranda A battered woman escaping from the clutches of an abusive marriage. A young Mob boss who isn’t interested in the complications of love. The two converge and find a new strength and comfort in each other neither knew they possessed. She is much stronger than she thought, but will she be able to finally put her past behind her? He may have finally met his match in a woman, but will he embrace the possibility of love and a future with her? Will they both survive? Find out in Boss, the first installment in the steamy, action-packed, dark romance series by L.D. Miranda
A stunning, soon-to-be cult novel from the bestselling and award-winning Miranda July.
In the summer of 2009, Miranda July was struggling to finish writing the screenplay for her much-anticipated second film. During her increasingly long lunch breaks, she began to obsessively read the "PennySaver," the iconic classifieds booklet that reached everywhere and seemed to come from nowhere. Who was the person selling the "Large leather Jacket, $10"? It seemed important to find out--or at least it was a great distraction from the screenplay. Accompanied by photographer Brigitte Sire, July crisscrossed Los Angeles to meet a random selection of "PennySaver" sellers, glimpsing thirteen surprisingly moving and profoundly specific realities, along the way shaping her film, and herself, in unexpected ways. Elegantly blending narrative, interviews, and photographs with July's off-kilter honesty and deadpan humor, this is a story of procrastination and inspiration, isolation and connection, and grabbing hold of the invisible world.
"These delightful stories do that essential-but-rare story thing: they surprise. They skip past the quotidian, the merely real, to the essential, and do so with a spirit of tenderness and wonder that is wholly unique. They are (let me coin a phrase) July-esque, which is to say: infused with wonder at the things of the world." --George Saunders, author of Tenth of December Award-winning filmmaker and performing artist Miranda July brings her extraordinary talents to the page in a startling, sexy, and tender collection. In these stories, July gives the most seemingly insignificant moments a sly potency. A benign encounter, a misunderstanding, a shy revelation can reconfigure the world. Her characters engage awkwardly--they are sometimes too remote, sometimes too intimate. With great compassion and generosity, July reveals their idiosyncrasies and the odd logic and longing that govern their lives. No One Belongs Here More Than You is a stunning debut, the work of a writer with a spectacularly original and compelling voice.