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A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: The Collected Stories
Margaret Drabble
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Description for A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: The Collected Stories
Paperback. A collection of tales that range from one man's honeymooning epiphany in "Hassan's Tower" to the journeying fantasies of "A Voyage to Cythera", and the joy of "The Merry Widow" which explore cruel and loving relationships, social change and personal obsessions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Margaret Drabble is one of the major literary figures of her generation. In this collection of her complete short fiction from across four decades, she examines the intense private worlds and passions of everyday people. From one man's honeymooning epiphany in 'Hassan's Tower' to the journeying fantasies of 'A Voyage to Cythera', and from the sharp joy of 'The Merry Widow' to the bloody reality of the collection's title story, these are moving, witty and provocative tales, exploring cruel and loving relationships, social change and personal obsessions, and confirming her status as a leading practitioner of the ... Read more
Margaret Drabble is one of the major literary figures of her generation. In this collection of her complete short fiction from across four decades, she examines the intense private worlds and passions of everyday people. From one man's honeymooning epiphany in 'Hassan's Tower' to the journeying fantasies of 'A Voyage to Cythera', and from the sharp joy of 'The Merry Widow' to the bloody reality of the collection's title story, these are moving, witty and provocative tales, exploring cruel and loving relationships, social change and personal obsessions, and confirming her status as a leading practitioner of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141196435
SKU
V9780141196435
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About Margaret Drabble
Margaret Drabble was born in 1939 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, the daughter of barrister and novelist John F. Drabble, and sister of novelist A.S. Byatt. She is the author of eighteen novels and eight works of non-fiction, including biographies of Arnold Bennett and Angus Wilson. In 1980, Margaret Drabble was made a CBE and in 2008 she was made DBE. She ... Read more
Reviews for A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: The Collected Stories
Drabble writes so penetratingly about the female condition that it is impossible not to laugh, wince and admire
Amanda Craig
New Statesman
Brims with sharply observed life and the author's seemingly infinite sympathy for ordinary women
Joyce Carol Oates
Amanda Craig
New Statesman
Brims with sharply observed life and the author's seemingly infinite sympathy for ordinary women
Joyce Carol Oates