The Princess of 72nd Street

The Princess of 72nd Street is Elaine Kraf''s witty, dizzyingly inventive take on female liberation and mental health, a work of immense literary power and unbridled energy. Provocative at the time of its publication in 1979 and thoroughly iconoclastic, it is a remarkable portrait of an unforgettable woman.<>

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Bold, challenging, beautiful and charming... Kraf balances Ellen's account beautifully, keeping us simultaneously intimate and detached from her as Ellen's crowded surroundings make her seem all the lonelier, and her antic enthusiasm shields a sadness... Insofar as comparison is possible with such an idiosyncratic book, Princess recalls two other New York novels of the 1970s - Elizabeth Hardwick's Sleepless Nights and Renata Adler's Speedboat John Self Guardian

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Kraf, Kraf Elaine
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.01.2025
• EAN: 9780241715277
• ISBN: 978-0-241-71527-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); New York City, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Feminism and feminist theory, c 1970 to c 1979, FICTION / Feminist, Narrative theme: Health and illness