The Ophelia Girls

An intoxicating novel about art, illicit desire and the perils and power of being a young woman ¿ perfect for fans of My Dark Vanessa, The Virgin Suicides and The Doll Factory.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jane Healey studied English Literature at Warwick University. She has been shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize 2013, the Costa Short Story Award 2014, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2016 and the Penguin Random House WriteNow mentoring programme 2017. The Animals at Lockwood Manor is her first novel. She lives in Edinburgh.

Zusammenfassung

An intoxicating novel about art, illicit desire and the perils and power of being a young woman – perfect for fans of My Dark Vanessa, The Virgin Suicides and The Doll Factory.

Vorwort

An intoxicating novel about art, illicit desire and the perils and power of being a young woman – perfect for fans of My Dark Vanessa, The Virgin Suicides and The Doll Factory.

Zusatztext

Sensual and lush, The Ophelia Girls captures the dangerous power of approaching the world with an artist's eye, of seeing others and being truly seen in turn. Jane Healey's prose holds the haunting beauty of pre-Raphaelite paintings, paired with a page-turning exploration of girlhood, secrets, desire, and art

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jane Healey, Healey Jane
• Verlag: Pan Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781529014877
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-1487-7
• Seiten: 361
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Of specific Lesbian interest, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Pre-Raphaelite, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Relating to lesbians, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian, FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian