Robbergirls

Robbergirls is a Sapphic retelling of Hans Christian Andersn's fairy tale, The Snow Queen. It was inspired by a childhood fear of, and desire for, the character of the Robbergirl who both taunts and aids Gerda in her search for her missing playmate, Kay.

About the author

Kaddy Benyon is the author of Milk Fever, winner of the Crashaw Prize. She was born in Cambridge and grew up in Suffolk. A former television scriptwriter, she currently works for the University of Cambridge mentoring students with disabilities. She is a Granta New Poet and her poems have appeared in various magazines and anthologies.

Summary

Robbergirls is a Sapphic retelling of Hans Christian Andersn’s fairy tale, The Snow Queen. It was inspired by a childhood fear of, and desire for, the character of the Robbergirl who both taunts and aids Gerda in her search for her missing playmate, Kay.

Product details

• Authors: Kaddy Benyon
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2023
• EAN: 9781784632892
• ISBN: 978-1-78463-289-2
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Salt Modern Poets
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry / poems by individual poets