A Little Original Sin The Life and Work of Jane Bowles [Paperback]

Tennessee Williams called Jane Bowles the most important writer of prose fiction in modern American letters. John Ashbery said she was one of the finest modern writers of fiction in any language, consistently producing the surprise that is the one essential ingredient of great art. Here, available again, is the only biography of this powerful writer.

Millicent Dillonis a novelist and a biographer. She is the author ofYou Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowlesand other works includingThe Dance of the MothersandAfter Egypt: Isadora Duncan and Mary Cassatt. She lives in San Francisco.