Fish Tales by Nettie Jones - ISBN: 9780349019772
Hardcover
A lost classic of female desire, freedom, and self-destruction.

Fish Tales

The Dazzling Lost Classic

$34.65

  • Hardcover

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 2025

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Summary

THE DAZZLING LOST CLASSIC

  • A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2025
  • A Cosmopolitan Best Book for April 2025
  • A New York Times Book Review Most-Anticipated Book of the Spring
  • A Time Best Book of the Month
  • A The Week Best Book of 2025

Acquired by Toni Morrison, championed by Gayl Jones, and almost forgotten for forty years, FISH TALES is a fierce, fearless modern classic f…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349019772
ISBN-10:0349019770
Author:Nettie Jones
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:1 July 2025
Weight:340g
Dimensions:202mm x 132mm x 28mm
Series:Virago Modern Classics
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Critics Review

A burst of authentic energy, a rush of life from start to finish * Chicago Review of Books *

About The Author

Nettie Jones

Nettie Jones is the author of Fish Tales, which was acquired by Toni Morrison and published by Random House in 1984. Her second novel, Mischief Makers, was published in 1989. Her essays and short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Jones was named a New York Times Promising New Novelist in 1985. She is the recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts Individual Artist Award, a Yaddo Foundation Award, a Michigan Council of the Arts Award, a New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study Student’s Choice Award, a Carnegie Fund for Authors Award, and a PEN America Freedom to Write Award.

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