Mary Olivier: A Life - Brossura

Sinclair, May

Brossura

ISBN 10: 086068105X ISBN 13: 9780860681052

Casa editrice: Virago, 2000

Riassunto

Born in 1865, Mary Olivier is the youngest of four children. Mamma dominates this Victorian household, idolising the boys, rejecting the independent love of her only daughter: the archetype of all women who control by weakness and suffering. Mary adores her mother- and she hates her. Ferociously intelligent, she vacillates between a passionate quest for her own artistic and sexual identity.

This is one of the first novels ever written about a mother and daughter relationship, and the eternal conflict engendered by the deepest of ties. But it is a celebration too: for though Mary sacrifices her life- and her lover- to the demands of duty, she emerges victorious, finding in the discovery of her intellectual and feminine self an inner freedom, a perfect happiness.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

A multi-levelled, absorbing, fiercely passionate story from a wonderfully gifted writer. (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY)

L'autore:

Born in Liverpool in 1863, May Sinclair had no formal education until the age of 18. She worked with Cicely Hamilton and Violet Hunt for the Suffragist cause and wrote a total of 24 novels in addition to philosophical works, poetry and criticism. She died in 1932.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Virago
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 086068105X
• ISBN 13: 9780860681052
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 400