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The Looking Glass
Michele Roberts
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Description for The Looking Glass
Paperback. * Writing as exquisite and tactile as this is not to be missed' - DAILY MAIL * A novel about memory and desire and about different kinds of love. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
In her place as maid to Madame Patin in the cafe next to the sea, orphan Genevieve becomes the breathless audience for her mistress's alarming folk stories, beginning with the one about the mermaid - the beauty who is also a monster - who must be killed. Genevieve happily falls into the patterns and ways of Madame Patin and contentedly cooks, cleans, gardens and serves the customers alongside her. Until, that is, Genevieve ripens to siren beauty. To avoid the mermaid's fate she must take flight. And she does, to a poet who has the hearts ... Read more
In her place as maid to Madame Patin in the cafe next to the sea, orphan Genevieve becomes the breathless audience for her mistress's alarming folk stories, beginning with the one about the mermaid - the beauty who is also a monster - who must be killed. Genevieve happily falls into the patterns and ways of Madame Patin and contentedly cooks, cleans, gardens and serves the customers alongside her. Until, that is, Genevieve ripens to siren beauty. To avoid the mermaid's fate she must take flight. And she does, to a poet who has the hearts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860499012
SKU
KKD0001635
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Michele Roberts
Half-English and half-French, Michèle Roberts was born in 1949. DAUGHTERS OF THE HOUSE (1992) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the WH Smith Literary Award.
Reviews for The Looking Glass
Bitter, balanced and sophisticated...Powerful tale of female need, desire and projection ... highly compelling
LITERARY REVIEW
A gift to treasure
The TIMES
LITERARY REVIEW
A gift to treasure
The TIMES