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Bye-Bye (novel)

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Bye-Bye
First edition
AuthorJane Ransom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherNew York University Press
Publication date
1997
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages197 pp (Hardback edition) &
176 pp (Paperback edition)
ISBN0-8147-7490-3 (Hardback edition)
OCLC35990421
813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3568.A579 B94 1997

Bye-Bye is the first novel by Jane Ransom, for which she won the 1996 New York University Press Prize for Fiction. It was published by the New York University Press.

Plot

The bisexual, nameless narrator decides to abandon her life with her husband, changing her name and her appearance. The story follows her obsession with Andorgenie, a mysterious performance artist, and her relationships with different men and women, none of whom she really likes.