Hackenfeller's Ape (Faber Editions) - 'So original and refreshing.' Hilary Mantel

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. Vorwort An eccentric professor saves a London Zoo ape from a rocket experiment in this dazzling classic by a trailblazing animal rights activist, introduced by Sarah Hall. Zusammenfassung An eccentric professor saves a London Zoo ape from a rocket experiment in this dazzling classic by a trailblazing animal rights activist, introduced by Sarah Hall. 'Pitch-perfect.' Ali Smith'So original.' Hilary Mantel'Stunning.' Isabel Waidner'There is nobody quite like her.' A.S.

Product details

• Authors: Brigid Brophy, Brophy Brigid
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.10.2023
• EAN: 9780571381296
• ISBN: 978-0-571-38129-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Faber Editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Animals, Speculative fiction, Animals & society, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary