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Informationen zum Autor Brigid Brophy (1929-1995) was a prize-winning British novelist, essayist, critic and political campaigner, championing gay marriage, pacifism, vegetarianism, prison reform and Public Lending Right. Her celebrated debut novel, Hackenfeller's Ape , was published in 1953. It was followed by many other acclaimed novels including The King of a Rainy Country, Flesh, The Finishing Touch, In Transit , and The Snow Ball (which Faber are reissuing with a new foreword by Eley Williams), as well as critical studies of Mozart, Aubrey Beardsley and Ronald Firbank, among other subjects. Brophy's marriage to art historian Michael Levey encompassed a thirteen-year relationship with Iris Murdoch . She died in 1995. Klappentext When Anna is kissed by a mysterious stranger at a masquerade ball, a heady dance of seduction begins ... So original and refreshing. -- Hilary Mantel Brilliantly seductive ... A witty, sexy, sophisticated treat. -- Sarah Waters Superb ... Sheer artistic insolence. -- Iris Murdoch A great novel ... A swirling, sumptuous, sensual feast. -- Guardian A feminist remodelling of libertine fervour and passion ... Fiction at its finest. -- Eley Williams London, New Year's Eve. Snow falls on a Georgian mansion, vibrating with the festivities of a masquerade ball within. Middle-aged divorcee Anna stands alone - until the clock chimes midnight and a mysterious figure kisses her on the mouth. Thus begins a dance of seduction charged by clandestine romances swirling around them, whipping the ball into an frenzy of operatic proportions - until the night climaxes, revealing unease beneath the glitter ... A scandalous sensation in 1964, Brigid Brophy's The Snow Ball is ripe to seduce a new generation of readers. Vorwort When Anna is kissed by a mysterious stranger at a masquerade ball , a dance of seduction begins ... 'A witty, sexy, sophisticated treat' (Sarah Waters); 'So original and refreshing' (Hilary Mantel) Zusammenfassung When Anna is kissed by a mysterious stranger at a NYE masquerade ball, a dance of seduction begins. 'So original and refreshing.' Hilary Mantel'Brilliantly seductive ......
