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Furies: Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed - feminist tales from 15 bestselling, award-winning authors
Margaret Atwood
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Description for Furies: Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed - feminist tales from 15 bestselling, award-winning authors
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'Wonderful ... all killer, no filler' Red Magazine
'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror
'Where power and feminist rage meet' Stylist
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A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers:
Margaret Atwood, Susie Boyt, Eleanor Crewes, Emma Donoghue, Stella Duffy, Linda Grant, Claire Kohda, CN Lester, Kirsty Logan, Caroline O'Donoghue, Chibundu Onuzo, Helen Oyeymi, Rachel Seiffert, Kamila Shamsie and Ali Smith - introduced by Sandi Toksvig.
DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO.
For centuries past, ... Read moreand all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story.
In this blazing cauldron of a book, fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.
'A slick collection of clever tales, with something for bluestockings and banshees alike' Guardian
'Delightful, thought-provoking' Louisa Young, Perspectives
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Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
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About Margaret Atwood
Between them, the authors of Furies have published over 200 works, with numerous national and international bestsellers. They have won awards including the Booker Prize, Giller Prize, International Booker Prize, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Graphic Novels & Comics, Stonewall Book Award, Ferro-Grumley Award, Women's Prize for Fiction, Orange Prize, Betty Trask Award, PEN Open Book Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for ... Read moreFiction, Goldsmiths Prize, and Encore Award; and they have been nominated for countless others. Together, their books have sold millions worldwide. Show Less
Reviews for Furies: Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed - feminist tales from 15 bestselling, award-winning authors
This anthology is all killer, no filler
Red Magazine
A slick collection of clever tales, with something for bluestockings and banshees alike
Observer
Some are historical, some are infused with the mystical and magical, some have threads of fierce commentary and some are laugh-out-loud funny. All of them fizz with energy, meaning and page-turner plots
... Read moreThe Scotsman
Delightful and thought-provoking
Perspective
Spell-binding . . . these vivid works of imagination are further proof that, back in 1973, Virago's founder Carmen Calil was on to something
Kiran Duggal
Harper's Bazaar
A collection of dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring
Daily Mirror
A collection of wild works by wild women is the perfect tribute to Virago's impact and legacy
Tortoise Media
Some stories are historical, some are infused with the mystical and magical, some have threads of fierce commentary and some are laugh-out-loud funny. All of them fizz with energy, meaning and page-turner plots
The Press and Journal
Definitely where power and feminist rage meet
Stylist
[Furies addresses] the full panoply of 'isms' such as racism, ageism, heroism, terrorism, and classism, all congregated under feminism
Irish Examiner
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