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Liars: A Novel

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An “eviscerating” (The New York Times) novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars of us all—from the author of Very Cold People and 300 Arguments FINALIST FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, Los Angeles Times, Town & Country, Lit Hub, Chicago Public Library “Is divorce the new marriage plot? . . . [Liars] pulses with a rare kind of anger, making it a compulsive, unforgettable read. Love stories, it seems, are out. Divorce as liberation? Very much in.”—Vogue “A tour de force . . . Liars makes an old story fresh.”—NPR “A bracing story of a woman on the verge.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A nuclear family can destroy a woman artist. I’d always known that. But I’d never suspected how easily I’d fall into one anyway. When Jane, an aspiring writer, meets filmmaker John Bridges, they both want the same things: to be in love, to live a successful, creative life, and to be happy. When they marry, Jane believes she has found everything she was looking for, including—a few years later—all the attendant joys and labors of motherhood. But it’s not long until Jane finds herself subsumed by John’s ambitions, whims, and ego; in short, she becomes a wife. As Jane’s career flourishes, their marriage starts to falter. Throughout the upheavals of family life, Jane tries to hold it all together. That is, until John leaves her. Liars is a tour de force of wit and rage, telling the blistering story of a marriage as it burns to the ground, and of a woman rising inexorably from its ashes. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hogarth


Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 23, 2024


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593241258


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 57


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.73 x 0.95 x 8.53 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #77,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #560 in Family Life Fiction (Books) #1,415 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction #1,530 in Literary Fiction (Books)


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  • An important book
Format: Kindle
I have the feeling this book is more extraordinary, more broadly politically resonant and more representative of the times we're living in than even the most enthusiastic current readers can gauge which is probably the fate of all great art and great artists. Another thing I've noticed regarding the difference between great and not-so-great art is that the great stuff makes regular people feel like they can do the same thing. I wonder if anyone decided to poll readers of this novel that it would be discovered that even rabid critics of it found themselves suddenly beset by some feverish desire to journal or write their own life stories because the main message of this work, even the stylistic simplicity of it, is that every human story matters, no matter how obscure. Of course inspiration like this is mostly illusory as anyone who ever impulsively bought a set of oil paints after spending a day in the Van Gogh Museum can probably attest. But I sense the burst of inspiration that follows exposure to great art might reflect one of the deeper intents of artists like this, which is that, due to the terrifying loneliness of being in classes of their own, truly great artists-- deep down-- desperately long for company. They seem to incite others to plumb the same depths, reach the same heights. In that sense, Sarah Manguso just can't help herself and I think this story is partly about how she paid the price for originality and prescient insights over and over in brutal ways because some mediocrity managed to leverage his envy by betraying her. It's akin to someone thinking they've out-arted Van Gogh because they knocked his teeth out in a brawl. This isn't some incitement for freaks to start stalking this author on the idea that she's lonely and unprotected but just to make the point that lesser artists don't lack for "company." Being easily "relatable" is part of the perk of being a mediocrity and why lesser artists tend to strain for inimitable stylistic "originality" in the hopes no one can follow: because singular acclaim is a greater drive than relief from isolation when you're basically basic. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2025 by Ember

  • Unique
Format: Kindle
The collapse of a marriage is always a tough read and this story is no different. To watch the mom be right on the edge after her husband leaves her and how she tries so hard to cope is heartbreaking. The style of writing is different here. You will either love it or be irritated by it. I loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2025 by Kindle Customer

  • I got the gist after the first liar…
Format: Hardcover
At some point, we all begin to tell ourselves and others - significant or not, things to make it through the day, month, year, situation when we’ve already checked out. I didn’t find the writing however, cohesive. It felt more like a typed version of scribbled notes.
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2024 by Vivrz

  • Snippets of a life
Format: Kindle
Good book! I was yelling "Don't you see what's happening!" much of the book. The writer has an easy writing style and combine that with a great story. My heart both ached and cheered.
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2025 by patrice jones

  • Most realistic portrait of an adulterer since Heartburn by Nora Ephron.
Format: Kindle
This begins reading more like a stream of consciousness than a true literary work, but then it as it slowly unfolds the reader begins to understand what is happening in the author's life and the reader's heart is filled with rage and sorrow. Manguso's unending sacrifice and service is seamlessly absorbed by her narcissist spouse and then thrown out like garbage. Her clear understanding of the way modern marriage works and her portrayal of her spouse's moral depravity is electrifying. This book ought to go on the required reading list for all young women in high school, and should be repeated at yearly intervals during university years as a cautionary tale and an invaluable educational tool. I hope everyone who knows her former husband sees him for what he is. I hope he suffers from the poor opinion of the public forevermore. I hope Manguso and her son rise above this wretched abuse. And if I had funds to wager, I'd wager Victoria was not the first and will not be the last woman he takes advantage of. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2024 by Ron

  • Definitely disquieting but riveting
Format: Hardcover
Now that Sarah Manguso has taken the time to explain to me slowly, clearly and masterfully the ins and outs of being an artist versus being a housewife, I know now why Sylvia Plath thought she could balance marriage, children and writing and ended up with her head in a gas oven. At least, Jane survives---barely. Going against some readers and critics of this novel, I very much like the author's style of writing with its brief paragraphs, anecdotes, vignettes and fragments---a novel with no chapters and no discernible narrative arc or plot. Love this book! Superior to her previous work, although Manguso's memoir The Two Kinds of Decay does reveal a lot of why Jane is the way she is in Liars. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2025 by Walter Desmond

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