Where the Apple Ripens

Kesson, Jessie

ISBN 10: 1903265002 / ISBN 13: 9781903265000

Editore: Black and White Publishing, 2000

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind. Codice articolo wbs9068217293

Riassunto:

Collection of short stories which draw heavily upon Jessie Kesson's own experiences of growing up in a small town in Scotland. The title story, Where the Apple Ripens, is the story of Isabel Emslie, a young girl facing up to her last day at school and an uncertain future in service in the town. On the very threshold of womanhood, Isabel's overwhelming zest for life and desire for new experiences leads her to the door of the local Lothario. An intense, highly charged view of rural Scotland, where sensuality wars against Calvinistic repression, this novella is one of Jessie Kesson's finest achievements.

L'autore: Jessie Kesson was born in Inverness in 1916 and spent her early childhood in Elgin with her mother (she never knew her father) until she was sent to the orphanage in Aberdeenshire. After leaving school she entered service, and in 1934 moved to a farm with her husband, who was a cottar. She combined a successful writing career with a variety of jobs, from cleaner to artist's model, and was a social worker for nearly twenty years, settling finally in London with her husband. She died in 1994.

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Titolo: Where the Apple Ripens
Casa editrice: Black and White Publishing
Data di pubblicazione: 2000
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Like New