A Book
Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
A BOOK
DJUNA BARNES
BONI AND LIVERIGHT
Publishers New York
Copyright, 1923, by
Boni and Liveright, Inc.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
MOTHER
A BOOK
Toward dusk, in the Summer of the year, a man dressed in a frock coat and top hat, and carrying a cane, crept through the underbrush bordering the corral of the Buckler farm.
Djuna Barnes
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A BOOK
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
A NIGHT AMONG THE HORSES
THREE FROM THE EARTH
THE VALET
TO THE DOGS
BEYOND THE END
PASTORAL
OSCAR
ANTIQUE
KATRINA SILVERSTAFF
HUSH BEFORE LOVE
THE ROBIN’S HOUSE
PARADISE
NO-MAN’S-MARE
SIX SONGS OF KHALIDINE
THE DOVE
MOTHER
SONG IN AUTUMN
THE NIGGER
LULLABY
INDIAN SUMMER
I’D HAVE YOU THINK OF ME
THE RABBIT
THE FLOWERING CORPSE
A BOY ASKS A QUESTION OF A LADY
FIRST COMMUNION
FINIS
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