The Muse
A memoir of love at first sight
$35.99
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2020
Summary
Nobody writes like Nell Dunn… always communally, with rare honesty, with love, and with calm and ground-breaking understanding… It’s glorious. — Ali Smith
*The Muse* is all it could be; an act of sharing that goes beyond particular experience to take us to a happy realm of natural sisterhood. — TLS
Nell Dunn has perfect pitch for the words we use and for the loves and mysteries of the human heart. — Carmen Callil
…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529327922 |
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| ISBN-10: | 152932792X |
| Author: | Nell Dunn |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Coronet Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 138mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
Nell Dunn
Nell Dunn was born in 1936. She left school at the age of 14. Nell’s father didn’t believe that his daughters needed any qualifications, and wanted them to be completely original and unique.
In 1959 Dunn moved to Battersea, made friends there and worked, for a time, in a sweet factory. She came to notice with the publication of Up the Junction (1963), a series of short stories set in South London. The book, awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, was a controversial success at the time for its vibrant, realistic and non-judgmental portrait of young working-class women. It was adapted for television by Dunn and directed by Ken Loach, and broadcast in November 1965. A cinema film version was released in 1968.
Talking to Women (1965) was a collection of interviews with nine friends, including Edna O’Brien and Pauline Boty. Dunn’s novel, Poor Cow (1967) was a bestseller made into a film by Ken Loach starring Carol White and Terence Stamp. Her play Steaming was produced in 1981, winning awards both in the West End and on Broadway. A film was released in 1985, directed by Joseph Losey and starring Vanessa Redgrave and Diana Dors.
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