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'Wonderful ... all killer, no filler' Red Magazine'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror 'Where power and feminist rage meet' StylistA fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers:Margaret Atwood, Susie Boyt, Eleanor Crewes, Emma Donoghue, Stella Duffy, Linda Grant, Claire Kohda, CN Lester, Kirsty Logan, Caroline O'Donoghue, Chibundu Onuzo, Helen Oyeymi, Rachel Seiffert, Kamila Shamsie and Ali Smith - introduced by Sandi Toksvig. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO. For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story.In this blazing cauldron of a book, fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.'A slick collection of clever tales, with something for bluestockings and banshees alike' Guardian'Delightful, thought-provoking' Louisa Young, Perspectives
CONTRIBUTORS: Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, Emma Donoghue, Kirsty Logan, Chibundu Onuzo, Caroline O'Donoghue, Linda Grant, Susie Boyt, Stella Duffy, Kamila Shamsie
EAN: 9780349017150
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 320 g
HEIGHT: 214 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Little, Brown Book Group
DATE PUBLISHED:
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GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / Short Stories
WIDTH: 134 cm
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Book Themes:
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Short stories
This anthology is all killer, no filler, A slick collection of clever tales, with something for bluestockings and banshees alike, Some are historical, some are infused with the mystical and magical, some have threads of fierce commentary and some are laugh-out-loud funny. All of them fizz with energy, meaning and page-turner plots, Delightful and thought-provoking, Spell-binding . . . these vivid works of imagination are further proof that, back in 1973, Virago's founder Carmen Calil was on to something
Between them, the authors of Furies have published over 200 works, with numerous national and international bestsellers. They have won awards including the Booker Prize, Giller Prize, International Booker Prize, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Graphic Novels & Comics, Stonewall Book Award, Ferro-Grumley Award, Women's Prize for Fiction, Orange Prize, Betty Trask Award, PEN Open Book Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction, Goldsmiths Prize, and Encore Award; and they have been nominated for countless others. Together, their books have sold millions worldwide.
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'Wonderful ... all killer, no filler' Red Magazine'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror 'Where power and feminist rage meet' StylistA fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers:Margaret Atwood, Susie Boyt, Eleanor Crewes, Emma Donoghue, Stella Duffy, Linda Grant, Claire Kohda, CN Lester, Kirsty Logan, Caroline O'Donoghue, Chibundu Onuzo, Helen Oyeymi, Rachel Seiffert, Kamila Shamsie and Ali Smith - introduced by Sandi Toksvig. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO. For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story.In this blazing cauldron of a book, fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.'A slick collection of clever tales, with something for bluestockings and banshees alike' Guardian'Delightful, thought-provoking' Louisa Young, Perspectives
CONTRIBUTORS: Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, Emma Donoghue, Kirsty Logan, Chibundu Onuzo, Caroline O'Donoghue, Linda Grant, Susie Boyt, Stella Duffy, Kamila Shamsie
EAN: 9780349017150
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 320 g
HEIGHT: 214 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Little, Brown Book Group
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / Short Stories
WIDTH: 134 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Short stories
Between them, the authors of Furies have published over 200 works, with numerous national and international bestsellers. They have won awards including the Booker Prize, Giller Prize, International Booker Prize, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Graphic Novels & Comics, Stonewall Book Award, Ferro-Grumley Award, Women's Prize for Fiction, Orange Prize, Betty Trask Award, PEN Open Book Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction, Goldsmiths Prize, and Encore Award; and they have been nominated for countless others. Together, their books have sold millions worldwide.
