Summary
Jane Stevenson’s attention to language and her sharp eye for detail make these witty, modern, cautionary tales a real pleasure to read.
Jane Stevenson arrived on the British literary scene with a book called Several Deceptions. A collection of four novellas, it was unashamedly erudite, marvellously witty, and just a little bit cruel. It revived a neglected form quite brilliantly.
Now, after four acclaimed novels, she returns with another sparkling novella collection. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099472155 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099472155 |
| Author: | Jane Stevenson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2007 |
| Weight: | 167g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 15mm |
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Stevenson is such a fine writer: sinewy and erudite, dark and funny… I loved this book and if it doesn’t find its way into an awful lot of suitcases this summer, there is no justice
Stevenson is such a fine writer: sinewy and erudite, dark and funny… I loved this book and if it doesn’t find its way into an awful lot of suitcases this summer, there is no justice – Rachel Cooke * Observer *
Jane Stevenson writes with easy and erudite fluency, perceptive candour and scalpel-like precision. Her characters are sexy, articulate and persuasive * Independent on Sunday *
At around 70 pages a pop, a Stevenson novella is the perfect literary form for our attention-deficient era: short enough to span a couple of journeys into work or a pair of bedtimes, yet as satisfying emotionally as many fictions five times the length, and with a tension and humour nourished by their concision. Elegant and cool, Stevenson’s prose remains a wonderful thing, as efficient and unobtrusive as glass * Independent *
Utterly beguiling novellas…this is literary fiction as pure entertainment * Daily Mail *
Acutely observed, funny and warm * Scotland on Sunday *
Stevenson offers some engagingly sharp observations about family life * Daily Telegraph *
Immensely satisfying. Rich and compelling * Times Literary Supplement *
In a style as piercing as the glint in an estate agent’s eye, she has written three marvellous morality tales for our mortgaged times * Sunday Times *
Stevenson is sophisticated and irrepressibly playful…King Solomon had it that a good woman was worth more than rubies. Stevenson’s Good Women are worth their weight in gold * Scottish Sunday Herald *
Jane Stevenson has a unique talent for exploring the feminine sphere in a radically gutsy way, and I challenge any woman not to be so engrossed by her stories that she doesn’t notice herself whooping with glee then collapsing in cathartic tears * Sunday Telegraph *
About The Author
Jane Stevenson
Jane Stevenson is the author of a collection of novellas, Several Deceptions, and four novels, London Bridges, Astraea, The Pretender and The Empress of the Last Days. She is reader in English at the University of Aberdeen.
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