Summary
James Joyce was her father. Samuel Beckett was her lover. This is her story.
A mesmerising fictionalisation of Lucia Joyce’s life told by award-winning novelist Annabel Abbs.
‘A powerful portrait of a woman whose passion for life burns from the pages’ – GUARDIAN
Paris, 1928. Avant-garde Paris is buzzing with the latest ideas in art, music and literature from artists such as Ford Madox Ford and Zelda Fitzgerald. Lucia, the talented and ambitious daughte…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733640896 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733640893 |
| Author: | Annabel Abbs |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
A hugely impressive debut. Annabel Abbs has brought to life an extraordinary cast of characters - Joyce, Beckett et al. - and painted their rackety, bohemian world in vivid technicolour. - The Observer
Here is a powerful portrait of a young woman yearning to be an artist, whose passion for life and rage at being unable to fulfil her talent burns from the pages. - The GuardianFunny, clever, tragic, poignant - The Australian Women’s WeeklyThis intimate and absolutely splendid novel must top my recommendations as the best 20th-century fiction of the year - Historical Novel SocietyAbout The Author
Annabel Abbs
Annabel Abbs lives in London with her husband and four children. Her bestselling debut novel, The Joyce Girl, won the Impress Prize for New Writers and was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award, the Waverton Good Read Award and the Caledonia Novel Award.
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