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Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
Barbara Comyns
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Description for Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
Paperback. Barbara Comyns' delightful classic novel set in bohemian 1930s London, with a new introduction by Maggie O'Farrell. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
'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 was . . . Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else' MAGGIE O'FARRELL
Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Virago Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844089277
SKU
V9781844089277
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98
About Barbara Comyns
Born in 1909 at Bidford-on-Avon, Barbara Comyns was educated mainly by governesses until she went to art schools in Stratfordupon-Avon and London. She started writing fiction at the age of ten and her first novel, Sisters by a River, was published in 1947. She also worked in an advertising agency, a typewriting bureau, dealt in old cars and antique furniture, ... Read more
Reviews for Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
For anyone who is interested in stories of everyday concerns, poverty, marriage, love, happiness, fulfilment, peace or joy, this is the book for you
Snowswick
Guardian
A curious hybrid: a mixture of domestic disaster, social commentary, comedy, and romance . . . What I find so really excellent in this novel, in addition to Comyns's powers of ... Read more
Snowswick
Guardian
A curious hybrid: a mixture of domestic disaster, social commentary, comedy, and romance . . . What I find so really excellent in this novel, in addition to Comyns's powers of ... Read more