All Fours

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
A BEST SUMMER READING PICK FOR THE TIMES, THE DAILY MAIL, THE FT AND THE GUARDIAN
A 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR BBC R4 OPEN BOOK, THE OBSERVER, GQ, GRAZIA, HERO, i-D, NYLON, VULTURE

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 *

'Essential . . . A book of vast scope, taking in men and women, the mind and the body, and society and solitude' - * Guardian *

'July comes into her own [and] brings a new perspective . . . A menopause novel that's never boring' - * Sunday Times *

'Voyeuristic and exploratory . . . Miranda July compels us with her provocations' - * Times Literary Supplement *

'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 guidebook to female liberation' - * Telegraph *

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Miranda Julai - Миранда Джулай

Publisher:Canongate Books

Language:English

Publication Date:2024

Number of pages:336 pst

Format:Hardcover

Width:156 mm / 6,1'

Height:242 mm / 9,5'

Weight:540 g

ISBN:9781838853440