Ryder (novel)

Ryder

Cover of first edition of the novel Ryder (1928) by Djuna Barnes
Author	Djuna Barnes
Language	English
Genre	Modernist Novel
Publisher	Boni & Liveright
Publication date	1928
Media type	Print (hardcover, paperback)

Ryder (1928) is the first novel by Djuna Barnes. A composite of different literary styles, from lyrical poetry to sentimental fiction, it is an example of a modernist novel in the Rabelaisian tradition of bawdy and parodic fiction. Nearly every chapter is written in a different style. The novel is thought to draw on elements of Barnes's own life.^[1]