A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney

Finally, the writing of one of the century's most famous lesbians is available in English. Natalie Barney hosted the avant garde of Paris for 30 years - Collette, Renee Vivien, Romaine Brooks, James Joyce, Isadora Duncan - her salons rivaling those of Gertrude Stein. Here is a spirited translation of her prose portraits of friends & lovers, essays, & epigrams, by Anna Livia, with a foreword by Karla Jay.Natalie Clifford Barney is the author of 'A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney', published 1992 under ISBN 9780934678384 and ISBN 0934678383.