All Fours

Miranda July author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Canongate Books

Published:16th May '24

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A 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR BBC R4 OPEN BOOK, THE OBSERVER, GQ, GRAZIA, HERO, I-D, NYLON

A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey.

Miranda July's second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July's wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman's quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic and domestic life of a 45-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectations while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly, profoundly alive.

It's very funny, quite dirty, and deeply profound, with a fragile magic that comes from entering an uncensored inner world. There is the added thrill as well, of July suggesting that midlife, and menopause in particular, might be kind of . . . hot * * Observer * *
July comes into her own [and] brings a new perspective . . . A menopause novel that's never boring * * Sunday Times * *
A fresh, oestrogen-fuelled take on the midlife crisis, but the prose is smart, sharp and deliciously readable. It's sexy, it's funny, but it's also warm and tender in the best ways * * Prospect Magazine * *
A witty, raw tale about freedom and reinvention * * i * *
A giddy, bold, mind-blowing tour de force by one of our most important literary writers. Funny, honest, rich with the energy of the mind, All Fours will jump-start your relation to language and cause you to think anew about the nature of desire -- GEORGE SAUNDERS
All Fours is profound and bawdy and deeply human, a brilliant work of art from a completely blown open and fearless mind -- EMMA CLINE
A guidebook to female liberation * * Telegraph * *
A witty, wise, profound, profane and gloriously celebratory portrait of the emotional and hormonal rollercoaster that women often unwittingly board in midlife. Surprising and subversive it's impossible to put down, and lingers in the imagination long after you've reluctantly devoured the final page -- MARIELLA FROSTRUP
So bloody brilliant, dark, frank, funny, honest, a whirlwind of rage and longing . . . A revolutionary book filled with passion and rebellion -- SALENA GODDEN
Savvy introspection and bawdy comedy collide with exhilarating results * * Mail on Sunday * *

ISBN: 9781838853440

Dimensions: 242mm x 156mm x 30mm

Weight: 540g

336 pages

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