The Virago Book Of Christmas

Informationen zum Autor Michelle Lovric is the author of CARNEVALE and VENICE:TALES OF THE CITY. Born in Australia, she now lives in London and Venice. Klappentext Christmas began with a good but harassed woman giving birth in difficult domestic circumstances. Somewhere between then and now, the circumstances have changed, but for women today, Christmas is still a time of joys garnered against the odds. We have moved on from stables and mangers to supermarkets and microwaves; palm fronds and shepherds have given way to a spangled conifer and a fat man in a red suit. In this anthology, reflecting the experiences of more than 50 women at Christmas, Ntozake Shange and Agatha Christie rub shoulders with Emily Dickinson and Virginia Woolf. Curl up with a tantalizing volume that gives full reign to the seditious humor, peculiar discomforts, and exquisite social tortures of the season. Zusammenfassung * A sparkling seasonal collection of letters, diaries, poems and stories by contemporary authors including Jane Gardam, Laurie Graham and U.A. Fanthorpe, and well-loved classic writers such as E. Nesbit, Stella Gibbons, Nancy Mitford, and Elizabeth Gaskell

Product details

• Authors: Michelle Lovric
• Assisted by: Michelle Lovric (Editor), Virago Press (Editor)
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2005
• EAN: 9781860499227
• ISBN: 978-1-86049-922-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Virago Paperbacks; Christmas Fiction
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Weihnachten; Belletristik (Romane, Erzählungen)