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<p>From the glittering skyscrapers of Manhattanâs media elite to the slacker haven of a fashionably low-rent L.A. bar, Strawberry Saroyan traces her journey from girl- to womanhood, as well as from fantasy to reality. A powerful and profoundly postmodern coming-of-age story, with a voice reminiscent of Liz Phairâs one moment and Mary McCarthyâs the next, <i>Girl Walks into a Bar</i> explores Saroyanâs struggle not only with who she is and who she wants to be but also with who she is in the context of what sheâs supposed to embody: the iconic, media-promulgated 'girl,' a twenty-first-century version of Audrey Hepburn standing outside Tiffanyâs looking at diamonds.</p><p><i>Girl Walks into a Bar</i> takes a handful of the most striking and formative episodes of Saroyanâs life and brings them to the page as a filmmaker might, zooming in on the crucial 'scenes': Saroyan losing her virginity, starting her own riot-grrrly magazine, falling in dysfunctional love. Yet all the while sheâs trailed by that other black-clad girl, the Platonic ideal of so many modern young womenâs fantasies. Will the two ever meet? That question lies at the heart of Saroyanâs genre-bending m

Author

Saroyan, Strawberry, 1970-

Publisher

Random House, Incorporated

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375506116

Subjects

Computer Science, Literary Fiction, Memoir

Rating

2.78 / 5 (73 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14