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16 produkter
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
Häftad, 1900
286 kr
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“Comyns’ novel is deranged in ways that shouldn’t be disclosed.” —Ben Marcus This is the story of the Willoweed family and the English village in which they live. It begins mid-flood, ducks swimming in the drawing-room windows, “quacking their approval” as they sail around the room. “What about my …
Juniper Tree
Häftad, 2018
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
135 kr
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A modern reimagining of a classic fairy tale by one of most bewitching, idiosyncratic British writers of the twentieth century. Bella Winter has hit a low. Homeless and jobless, she is the mother of a toddler by a man whose name she didn’t quite catch, and her once pretty face is disfigured by the …
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
Häftad, 2021
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
127 kr
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Our Spoons Came From Woolworths
A Virago Modern Classic
Häftad, 2013
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
144 kr
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'Comyns's world is weird and wonderful . . . a neglected genius' LUCY SCHOLES, OBSERVER'A curious hybrid: a mixture of domestic disaster, social commentary, comedy, and romance . . . ' KATHERINE A. POWERS, BARNES & NOBLE REVIEW 'I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn in, as I …
Vet's Daughter
A Virago Modern Classic
Häftad, 2013
144 kr
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INTRODUCED BY JANE GARDAM'A small Gothic masterpiece . . . I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities' SARAH WATERS'It projects its fantastic story with a tangible realness . . . A wonderful and original novel' ALAN HOLLINGHURST'She shows mastery of the …
Sisters By A River
A Virago Modern Classic
Häftad, 2013
144 kr
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'Tragic, comic and completely bonkers all in one, I'd go as far as to call her something of a neglected genius' LUCY SCHOLES, GUARDIAN 'It is hard not to believe that Barbara Comyns's own adventures are entangled in her fiction' JANE GARDAM, SPECTATOR'All of her books read as if she wrote them …
Vet's Daughter
A Virago Modern Classic
Häftad, 2026
144 kr
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'A small Gothic masterpiece . . . I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities' SARAH WATERS'A wonderful and original novel' ALAN HOLLINGHURST'The strange off-beat talent of Barbara Comyns [whose] innocent eye observes with child-like simplicity the most …
Our Spoons Came From Woolworths
A Virago Modern Classic
E-bok, 2013
51 kr
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''Comyns''s world is weird and wonderful . . . a neglected genius'' LUCY SCHOLES , OBSERVER ''A curious hybrid: a mixture of domestic disaster, social commentary, comedy, and romance . . . '' KATHERINE A. POWERS, BARNES & NOBLE REVIEW ''I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn …
Sisters By A River
A Virago Modern Classic
E-bok, 2013
45 kr
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''Tragic, comic and completely bonkers all in one, I''d go as far as to call her something of a neglected genius'' LUCY SCHOLES, GUARDIAN ''It is hard not to believe that Barbara Comyns''s own adventures are entangled in her fiction'' JANE GARDAM, SPECTATOR ''All of her books read as if she wrote …
Vet's Daughter
A Virago Modern Classic
E-bok, 2013
45 kr
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''A small Gothic masterpiece . . . I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities'' SARAH WATERS ''A wonderful and original novel'' ALAN HOLLINGHURST ''The strange off-beat talent of Barbara Comyns [whose] innocent eye observes with child-like simplicity the …
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
Ljudbok, 2023
202 kr
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Strange things are afoot in the English village where the Willoweed family live. Unnatural floods usher in dead peacocks and ducks, soon followed by an ominous wave of self-inflicted deaths and a peculiar illness. From their humble Willoweed cottage, sisters Emma and Hattie are helpless spectators …
The Vet's Daughter
Ljudbok, 2023
271 kr
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'A small Gothic masterpiece... I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities - its darkness, its strangeness, its humour, its sadness, its startling images and twists of phrase' - Sarah Waters. Growing up in Edwardian south London, Alice Rowlands longs for …
Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
Ljudbok, 2023
271 kr
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´I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn in, as I was... Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else.´ - Maggie O'Farrell, author of 'Hamnet'. Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an …
