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Zusatztext The acclaimed author has chosen 21 of her favourite short stories, spanning her 50-year career, for this enjoyable collection... Also included is a new novella, The Ted Dreams , a ghost story for our modern age' Informationen zum Autor After hard times and odd jobs as a lone parent, Fay Weldon became one of the top advertising copywriters of her generation. She moved to TV drama (writing the pilot episode of the iconic series Upstairs Downstairs ) then turned to novels – including the classic The Life and Loves of a She Devil and the Booker-shortlisted Praxis . Fay was made a CBE for services to literature and taught Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. Klappentext 'She's a Queen of Words' CAITLIN MORAN. 'One of the great lionesses of modern English literature' HARPER'S BAZAAR. 'Readable, articulate and fascinating' THE SCOTSMAN. 'Outrageously funny' DAILY EXPRESS. 'Sharp, witty, incisive' THE TIMES. 'Wise, knowing, forthright' INDEPENDENT. Reviewers have been describing Fay Weldon's inimitable voice for years. Now, here is Fay Weldon in her own words. Choosing and and introducing twenty-one of her favourite short stories written throughout her fifty year career as one of Britain's foremost novelists. Included as a bonus is a new novella, The Ted Dreams, a ghost story for the age of cyber culture, big pharma, and surveillance. Vorwort One of Britian's best loved writers chooses her best short stories from her career at the forefront of contemporary fiction. Zusammenfassung One of Britian's best loved writers chooses her best short stories from her career at the forefront of contemporary fiction.
