The Virago Book Of Such Devoted Sisters: An Anthology of Stories - Rilegato

Mackay, Shena

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ISBN 10: 1853814318 ISBN 13: 9781853814310

Casa editrice: Virago, 1993

Riassunto

An anthology of stories that reveal unbreakable allegiances and private codes counterpointed by those of sisters pitched against one another in battles for parental affection or sibling supremacy. The authors include Louisa May Alcott, Georgina Hammick, Katharine Mansfield and Edna O'Brien.

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L'autore:

Shena Mackay was born in Edinburgh in 1944. Her writing career began when she won a prize for a poem written when she was fourteen. Two novellas, Dust Falls on Eugene Schlumberger and Toddler on the Run were published before she was twenty. Redhill Rococo won the 1987 Fawcett Prize, Dunedin won a 1994 Scottish Arts Council Book Award, The Orchard on Fire was shortlisted for the 1996 Booker Prize and, in 2003, Heligoland was shortlisted for both the Orange Prize and Whitbread Novel Award. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in Southampton.

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• Editore: Virago
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1853814318
• ISBN 13: 9781853814310
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 330